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 …

One of the most distressing and troublesome aspects of the operation of the criminal justice
system in the United States is the severe disproportionality between blacks and whites in the …

The basic methodology of former studies of the net effect of criminal justice processing on
racial disproportionality in America's prisons has the potential to advance understanding of …

Incarceration has been a major growth industry in the United States over the past 40 years,
and the United States is now the world leader in incarceration. African Americans have been …

Recent protests calling for radical changes to American policing have brought much-needed
attention to the systemic racism within our criminal justice system. This extends beyond …

Blacks and Hispanics convicted of felonies are more likely than whites to receive prison
sentences for their crimes, and they receive slightly longer sentences if imprisoned. Yet the …

Racial disparity in prison and jail populations, measured by the ratio of black to white per
capita incarceration rates, varies substantially from state to state. To understand these …

Outside the United States, probably the best known characteristics of America's correctional
system are that capital punishment continues in use and that American incarceration rates …

The book investigates patterns of criminal behavior and victimization and covers the
experiences of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and Native …