»» LYNCH, Michael (2010) Radical Explanations of Penal Trends: The Rate of Surplus Value and the Incarceration Rate in the U.S., 1977-2004. Journal of Crime and Justice vol. 33 no 2, pp. 63-94.Lynch, M. J. (2010). Radical explanations of penal trends: the rate of surplus ...
To create the final score of lead risk from both housing age and poverty, the Washington State measure normalizes both the poverty rate and housing age risk rates so that each variable has mean 0 and standard deviation 1, then averages the two normalized measures, weighting the poverty ...
The article discusses the need to provide adequate medical care for people suffering from substance abuse and mental illness to address the high rate of incarceration in the U.S. It is noted that African American men are more likely to be imprisoned than white men. According to the authors, ...
This metric measures the incarceration rate of juveniles ages 10 to the upper age limit for juvenile delinquency in a state per 100,000 in the population, using data from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.+ Read More ...
#10 in Low Incarceration Rate #34 in Best States Overall #10 in Crime & Corrections #2 in Corrections Outcomes Hawaii is the most recent addition to the United States, becoming a state on Aug. 21, 1959. The state, comprised of eight islands, is known as a tourism paradise, and as...
Mass incarceration became a public policy issue in the United States in the 2000s. Now in 2016, there are still many questions about America’s incarceration rate, 698 prisoners per 100,000 people, which is only surpassed by Seychelle’s at 868 for every 100,000. They concern the phenomenon...
Overview The US incarceration rate is exceptional in a number of respects. First, the USA has the highest number of people imprisoned (over two million) and the highest imprisonment rate in the world (730 per 100,000 national population) as of 2010. The number of people imprisoned in the ...
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And here's the elephant in the room: Blacks use drugs at the same rate as whites, but go to prison more - nearly 3 out of 4 people incarcerated for drug possession are African-American. "It's emblematic of the way in which race is contributing to mass incarceration," said Bryan Steven...
Here's one answer: The staggering number of former inmates back in prison three years or less after their release – that 60% recidivism rate – is just 3% for those who stayed with the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program. Divine G was involved with RTA back when success was still very...