1. Cultural Diversity and Criminal Justice
... evidence suggests that rising incarceration rates over the past few decades have exacerbated racial disparities in imprisonment. Black inmates now constitute roughly 38% of the nearly 2.2 million people incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails Bureau of justice statistics [BJS], 2007), where they are overrepresented relative to other populations. For instance, there are 3,042 black male inmates per 100 ... in turn, affect sentencing outcomes it is possible that class-linked stereotypes are also operative (e.g., stereotypes of the unemployed as lazy and irresponsible; stereotypes that link ...
- Word Count: 2620
- Approx Pages: 10
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Graduate