Conversation Of The Week XLVIII: The Science Of African-American Justice Reforms
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Two recent reports delve into how the justice system deals with African-Americans – both adults and juvenile offenders.
African-Americans comprised only 14 percent of the U.S. population but comprised 38 percent of the jail population and there has been an unprecedented increase in incarceration among African American males since 1970. In 2009, the incarceration rate among black males was 6.7 times that of white males and 2.6 times of Hispanic males.
