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Race, Crime Type and Imprisonment

NCJ Number
102670
Journal
Justice Quarterly Volume: 3 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1986) Pages: 251-269
Author(s)
D F Hawkins
Date Published
1986
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This paper largely replicates, within the state of North Carolina, Blumstein's (1982) national study of the effects of arrests on the racial disproportionality of the prison population.
Abstract
In agreement with the previous study, these data indicate that the racial difference between rates of arrest and imprisonment varies with the type of offense. The level of varies with the type of offense. The level of arrest failed to account for a sizable amount of the racial differentials in imprisonment for drug offenses, forgery, and driving under the influence. An unexpected finding is a lower than expected (by arrests) rate of black imprisonment for rape and robbery. (Publisher abstract)