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Deep Impact: Quantifying the Effect of Prison Expansion in the South
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Deep Impact: Quantifying the Effect of Prison Expansion in the South
Publication year:
2003
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: "[K]ey statistical trends to quantify the depth of the impact of current policies in the Southern region . . . on the regions [sic] social, political and economic life" are reported (p. 3). Significant findings presented in this executive summary are: the incarcerated population in the South is immense; especially during times of state fiscal shortfalls, the economic impact of imprisonment is extensive; minorities are subject to sentencing disparities; disenfranchisement affects a significant percentage of Southerners; the population growth of imprisoned women is much greater than that for men; and the increased use of imprisonment possesses no direct link to crime rate declines.