Presentation Requirements
Presentation Requirements
Title Page
Reason for choosing topic
Literature Review
Data
Conclusion/Recommendation
Structural racial inequality: A test of differential African American male a
est rates across US Metropolitan Areas
Sherizma Francis
Professor: Sherizma Francis
Why Do we Care ?
African Americans are incarcerated 6.5 times more than whites. (Lochner and Moretti 2014)
There are cu
ently over 2.2 million people in U.S. jails and prisons. (The Sentencing Project, 2012)
50% of those incarcerated are African American yet they only account for 12.8 percent of the population. (US census Bureau)
50% of African American Males are incarcerated in their life time. (The Sentencing Project, 2012)
Literature Review
Becker, G. S XXXXXXXXXXThe economics of crime. Cross Sections, (Fall), 8-15.
Wilson, J. Q., & He
nstein, R. J XXXXXXXXXXCrime human nature: The definitive study of the causes of crime. Simon and Schuster.
Wacquant, L XXXXXXXXXXPunishing the poor: The neoliberal government of social insecurity. duke university Press.
Alexander, M XXXXXXXXXXThe New Jim Crow. Ohio St. J. Crim. L., 9, 7.
or at least Wilson is). I do not think you have characterized Wilson’s position well – he argues that historically racism has generated structural economic and legal inequality. With u
anization and reduction of legal restrictions, the black middle class moves out of the “ghetto” and leaves behind a black underclass at precisely the time when decent manufacturing jobs are disappearing. The lack of jobs and cultural and economic racism create and reproduce a set of behaviors that are poverty producing and reproducing. But, he ultimately attributes this to economic and racial inequality.
A
est Rates vs. incarceration rates
* UCR 2014
Conclusion
Segregation index is not large or significant and at least within the 116 metropolitan statistical areas being studies does not effect structural racial inequality
Employment to population ratio is does increase the a
est rates of African Americans in the 116 (Wilsons Theory)
Recommendations
Decriminalize marijuana possession as it is an offense where African are disproportionally a
ested.
Increase Social programs in low income areas.