![]() ![]() ![]() How much more greater do people think the imprisonment rate should be in a fair world? 3x more likely.Įstimates for the greater likelihood of imprisonment were remarkably similar across all age groups, as were our users’ beliefs about what would be fair. In reality, recent data shows the imprisonment rate is 6x greater. On the whole, our users estimated that black males have an 11x greater imprisonment rate than white males. Topic 5 in Fair Game? asked users to think about how much greater the rate of imprisonment is for black versus white men in the US and how much greater it should be in a fair world. ![]() ![]() Based on 2001 incarceration rates, nearly 1 in 3 (32.2%) black males will will be sentenced to prison during their lifetimes, whereas the rate for white males is 5.9%. The gap is most clearly seen between black and white males. In addition to the overall incarceration rate, there is a staggering gap between the incarceration rates of black Americans and white Americans. This is despite an overall reduction in crime rates between 19. Relatively recent increases in our incarceration rate make us an international outlier and carry a price tag of more than $80 billion annually (more than quadruple the 1980 corrections expenditures). The high rate of incarceration in the United States is fraught with social and economic costs. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |