The Growth, Scope, and Spatial Distribution of People With Felony Records in the United States, 1948–2010

Demography

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1795-1818

  Shannon, Sarah K S ^a   Uggen, Christopher ^b   Schnittker, Jason ^c   Thompson, Melissa ^d   Wakefield, Sara ^e   Massoglia, Michael ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Felony conviction; Incarceration; Inequality; Punishment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OFFENDER; PRISON; PRISONER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIME; CRIMINALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029064678     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-017-0611-1     Document Type: Article

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