Document Type

Article

UMaine Professors Study the Link Between Racial Prejudice and the Punishment of Criminals

Authors

Gladys Ganiel, University of Maine

Publisher

Division of Marketing and Communication, University of Maine

Publication Date

6-18-2002

Abstract/ Summary

During the past 30 years, the criminal justice system in the United States has meted out increasingly harsher punishments for offenders, so that today the U.S. imprisonment rate is the highest in the Western industrial world. Research by two University of Maine sociology professors suggests that racial prejudice against African-Americans is one of the underlying factors in the creation of public policies favoring crime control.

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Identifier

Social_Justice_Division_of_Marketing_2002-06-18_2021-05-04

Repository Citation

Ganiel, Gladys, "UMaine Professors Study the Link Between Racial Prejudice and the Punishment of Criminals" (2002). Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. 285.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/social_justice/285

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