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The Imprisonment Penalty for Young Black and Hispanic Males : A Crime-Specific Analysis
Patricia Warren, Ted Chiricos and William Bales
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 2012 49: 56 originally published online 3 May 2011
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The Imprisonment Penalty for Young Black and Hispanic Males: A
Crime-Specific Analysis
Patricia Warren1,
Ted Chiricos1, and William Bales1
Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency 49(1) 56-80
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Abstract
In the United States, there are well-known racial, ethnic, age, and sex differences in incarceration rates. Younger offenders are more likely to be sentenced to prison than are older offenders. Black and Hispanic rates of incarceration are six to eight times that of White offenders and males are 14 times as likely as women to be sentenced to prison. This research explores how the combined effects of race, ethnicity, age, and sex, net of legally relevant factors, influence the decision to incarcerate. We examine these effects across nine offense categories. The analysis is based on Florida felony conviction data for the years 2000 to 2006. We find that legally relevant factors significantly influence the incarceration decision. Young Black males are most disadvantaged at the incarceration decision.
1 College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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Patricia Warren, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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