Racial disproportionality in state prison admissions: Can regional variation be explained by differential arrest rates?

Jon Sorensen; Robert Hope; Don Stemen

doi:10.1016/S0047-2352(02)00200-3

Racial disproportionality in state prison admissions: Can regional variation be explained by differential arrest rates?

Jon Sorensen, Robert Hope, Don Stemen

Vera Institute of Justice

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Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Criminal Justice
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2352(02)00200-3
State	Published - Jan 1 2003
Externally published	Yes

Disciplines

Demography, Population, and Ecology
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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note = "Recent studies have found that states in the Midwest incarcerate Blacks at a higher rate than those in the South. This article examines the extent to which this regional pattern of racial disproportionality in incarceration rates could be explained by controlling for race-specific arrest rates.",

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