The expansion of the penal system has been one of the most dramatic trends in
contemporary American society. A wealth of research has examined the impact of …

An unprecedented number of Americans have been incarcerated in the past generation. In
addition, arrests are concentrated in low-income, predominantly nonwhite communities …

The purpose of this article is to discuss poverty as a multidimensional factor influencing
health. We will also explicate how racism contributes to and perpetuates the economic and …

After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of incarceration in the
United States more than quadrupled in the past four decades. The Committee on the …

The historic increase in US incarceration rates made the transition from prison to community
common for poor, prime-age men and women. Leaving prison presents the challenge of …

An unrelenting prison boom, marked by stark racial disparities, pulled a disproportionate
number of young black men into prison in the last forty years. In Children of the Prison Boom …

A burgeoning literature considers the consequences of mass imprisonment for the well-
being of adult men and—albeit to a lesser degree—their children. Yet virtually no …

The sevenfold increase in the incarceration rate between the early 1970s and 2010 is
implicated in race differences in, among others, health (Massoglia, 2008), marriage rates …

Punitive and disciplinary forms of governance disproportionately target low-income Black
Americans for surveillance and punishment, and research finds far-reaching consequences …

Like past editions, this ninth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences
is a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. This book conveys the …