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Title: N-1 Kinds of Freedom

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Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: While current research has established and explored the existing racial disparity in the US penal system, it focuses exclusively on the period from the late 1960s to the present. We seek to explore whether or not this disparity existed in the American South following Reconstruction. In particular, we examine the relative incarceration rates within the context of the political economy existing at this period. Using the census IPUMS data, we establish and examine this racial disparity at the aggregate level. Furthermore, the state of Alabama is investigated at the county level to explore factors influencing incarceration. Most notably, we analyze paternalism as an explanation for some of the variation in incarceration.

Url: http://crsp.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/Carson,-Maine-Salmon_Submission.pdf

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Authors: Carson, Megan; Maine, Brian; Salmon, Daniel

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health

Countries: United States