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Law, Social Standing and Racial Disparities in Imprisonment
Abstract
A central and recurring concern in the sociology of criminal law is racial disparity in imprisonment—blacks are much more likely than whites to be imprisoned for crimes. Sociological theories disagree over the sources of imprisonment disparity. Prior research has ignored the social, economic, and legal characteristics of states and regions of the country that may contribute to disparity. The present study finds differences in the social standing of blacks relative to whites that explain substantial and statistically significant variation in racial disparity in imprisonment across states after racial differences in involvement in crime are controlled. Blacks are more likely than whites to be imprisoned in states where the black population is a small percentage of the total population and predominantly urban. The implications of these findings for a structural theory of punishment are discussed.
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“studies suggest that after controlling for criminal behavior, African Americans are more likely than Caucasians to become incarcerated [Bridges and Crutchfield (1988)]”
From An algorithm for removing sensitive information: Application to race-independent recidivism prediction (2019) · cites this paper as Bridges and Crutchfield (1988)
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“Typically, post-release re-offense is measured by re-arrest, and there are many reasons to believe that re-arrest may be a biased measure of re-offense with respect to race.”
From An algorithm for removing sensitive information: Application to race-independent recidivism prediction (2019) · cites this paper as Bridges and Crutchfield (1988)
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The Effect of Race on Sentencing: A Re-Examination of An Unsettled Question
Spohn, C., Gruhl, J., & Welch, S. (1982) · Law & Society Review · doi:10.2307/3053550 · Cited by 186
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- Authors
- Bridges, G. S., & Crutchfield, R. D.
- Venue
- Social Forces
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1988-03
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 699
- ISSN
- 0037-7732
- Cited by
- 140
- References
- 2
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