SOC-3340 Lecture 15: Trends in Crime and Punishment
31 Aug 2016
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What is the current state of punishment in the united states: the us in a nutshell: mass incarceration (a little over 7 million people are being incarcerated, on probation, etc. The united states currently incarcerates approximately 25% of the world"s population: breakdown of change over time: 1981-2013: 1. 8m to 7. 2m (from less than 1% of the population to 2. 3% of the population) 2013: 910 per 100,000: the united states is the country with the highest incarceration rate, initial takeaways: The united states is unique among western democracies in the number and share of its citizens who are incarcerated. The us is not just a little different it is vastly different than other countries. Who is imprisoned? (graphs from slideshows: incarceration rates by state, female incarceration rates: overall, men are imprisoned at a much higher rate than women, black-white incarceration ratio. Nationally, 5. 6 african-americans are incarcerated for every 1 white person incarcerated: hispanic-white incarceration ratio.
