Mass Imprisonment and Economic Inequality.

Part of a special issue on incarceration and punishment in the U.S. Incarceration is so pervasive among some social groups in the U.S. as to be a defining feature of their collective experience. This unprecedented rate of incarceration has two important effects on economic inequality. First, it g...

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Published in:	Social Research Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 509 - 533
Main Author:	Western, Bruce
Format:	Article
Published:	New School for Social Research Summer 2007
Subjects:	Imprisonment Prisons Criminal justice system Discrimination in criminal justice administration United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost