Race, Ethnicity

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Race, Ethnicity Corrections

• Chapter Thirteen

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Race Ethnicity The difference

• Race
• Ethnicity

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Sentencing Disparities

• Example

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Sentencing Guidelines

• Intended to minimize sentencing disparities

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Felony Sentencing

• Black overrepresentation
• White overrepresentation

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Drug Offenses

• The crack/cocaine disparity

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Drug Offenses (continued)

• Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
• Omnibus Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

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Explaining Disproportionate Minority Confinement

• Numerous explanations
• A few

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Illegal Immigration

• Overrepresentation of Hispanics
• 1999 1.7 million illegals apprehended

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Race, Ethnicity, and Prison Life

• End of 2002

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Inmate Staff Relations

• Inmate-Inmate Relations
• Inmate-Staff Relations

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Riots Disturbances

• Racial tension has and can lead to riots.

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The Death Penalty

• Controversial in general