Racial Disparities in Incarceration Increase Acceptance of Punitive Policies

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1949-1954

  Hetey, Rebecca C ^a   Eberhardt, Jennifer L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; incarceration; inequality; public policy; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; POLICY; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY; PUNISHMENT; RACISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PUBLIC POLICY; PUNISHMENT; RACISM; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910049079     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614540307     Document Type: Article

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