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Addressing Racial Disparities in Incarceration
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This article reviews the current trends and impact of mass incarceration on communities of color, with a focus on criminal justice policy and practice contributors to racial disparity. The impact of these disproportionate incarceration rates on public safety, offenders, and communities are discussed. Recommendations for criminal justice and other policy reforms to reduce unwarranted racial disparities are offered.
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- Mauer, M.
- Affiliations
- The Sentencing Project, Washington, DC, USA
- Venue
- The Prison Journal
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-08-19
- Volume
- 91
- Issue
- 3_suppl
- Pages
- 87S-101S
- ISSN
- 0032-8855
- 1552-7522
- Cited by
- 121
- References
- 0
- Language
- en
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