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The U.S. imprisonment rate has fallen for the fifth straight year. Here’s why.

Sep 17, 2014

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Washington Post: The U.S. imprisonment rate has fallen for the fifth straight year. Here’s why. The U.S. imprisonment rate has fallen for a fifth straight year, a run not seen since Richard Nixon was in The White House. According to data released Tuesday from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, while the U.S. incarceration rate is still…

Incarceration Rates for Blacks Have Fallen Sharply, Report Shows

Mar 1, 2013

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mwkruse

in Crime, Public Policy, Race

New York Times: Incarceration Rates for Blacks Have Fallen Sharply, Report Shows Incarceration rates for black Americans dropped sharply from 2000 to 2009, especially for women, while the rate of imprisonment for whites and Hispanics rose over the same decade, according to a report released Wednesday by a prison research and advocacy group in Washington.…

The Root of the Problem Over-Incarceration and Money

Aug 28, 2012

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Crime, Public Policy, Sociology

Breakpoint: The Root of the Problem Over-Incarceration and Money [Eric Metaxas] On my last two broadcasts, I talked about the abuses and other violations of human dignity that are all too common in American prisons and jails. While many factors contribute to these abuses, one stands head and shoulders above the rest: America incarcerates far…

Prison Count 2010: State Population Declines for the First Time in 38 Years

Sep 16, 2010

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mwkruse

in Crime, Demography, Sociology, Trends: Social

Pew: Prison Count 2010: State Population Declines for the First Time in 38 Years [I'm five months behind in learning this but better late than never. HT: Beau Weston] For the first time in nearly 40 years, the number of state prisoners in the United States has declined, according to "Prison Count 2010," a new…

Decline in blacks in prison for drug crimes reverses 25-year trend

Apr 15, 2009

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mwkruse

in Crime, Race, Trends: Social

Christian Science Monitor: Decline in blacks in prison for drug crimes reverses 25-year trend New York – For the first time in a quarter century, the number of African-Americans incarcerated for drug offenses in state prisons has declined more than 20 percent while the number of white imprisoned drug offenders has increased more than 40…

Ethnicity

Feb 19, 2008

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mwkruse

in Crime, Demography, Education, Health and Medicine, Poverty, Race, Series: Social Indicators 2007, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

SOCIAL INDICATORS 2007 I've avoided giving an extensive analysis of subgroups within American culture during this series on social indicators. I've been focused on trends at the aggregate level. However, one measure of the quality of life for the whole society is the degree to which each person has an opportunity for a quality of…

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The U.S. imprisonment rate has fallen for the fifth straight year. Here’s why.

Incarceration Rates for Blacks Have Fallen Sharply, Report Shows

The Root of the Problem Over-Incarceration and Money

Prison Count 2010: State Population Declines for the First Time in 38 Years

Decline in blacks in prison for drug crimes reverses 25-year trend

Ethnicity