Citation
Lewis, Nathaniel (2018).
Mass incarceration: New Jim Crow, class war, or both?. People's Policy Project.
Abstract
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, I analyze racial and class disparities in incarceration. My analysis shows that class status has a large and statistically significant effect on (1) whether or not men aged 24–32 years have ever been to jail or prison; (2) whether or not men are jailed after being arrested; (3) whether or not men have spent more than a month in jail or prison; and (4) whether or not men have spent more than a year in jail or prison. After controlling for class, I do not find race to be a statistically significant factor for the first three outcome categories, but I do find that race has a significant impact on whether or not a man has spent more than a year in prison or jail.
URL
http://peoplespolicyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MassIncarcerationPaper.pdfReference Type
Report
Author(s)
Lewis, Nathaniel
Year Published
2018
Publisher
People's Policy Project
Reference ID
9359
