The Impact of Mass Incarceration on the Lives of African American Women

Robynn Cox

The Review of Black Political Economy, 2012, vol. 39, issue 2, 203-212

Abstract: This paper examines the consequences of mass incarceration on various aspects of the lives of African-American women. In particular, it seeks to determine how the historically high growth rate in the prison population over the past 30 years has affected employment outcomes, family relationships, and the physical and mental health of Black women who have been incarcerated. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2012

Keywords: Incarceration; Imprisonment; African American women; Employment; Health; Collateral consequences; Family (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s12114-011-9114-2

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