SOCIOL 130AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Labor Market Segmentation, Mass Incarceration, Mandatory Sentencing
Document Summary
Crime rates not related w/ incarceration rates violent crime and property crime has decreased over time but drug crime has increased. Rise in incarceration is not responsible for subsequent decreases in crime. Same amount of arrests 1980-2000 but increased chances of serving time in prison. Chance of serving and arrests both increased recidivism. Backlash among white voters to social movement and upheavals of 60s. Growing dominance of political conservatism and tough on crime rhetoric. Collapse of urban labor markets for men with low edu. 1980 new policy direction for criminal justice system. Prison population grew greatly because of changes in sentencing guidelines. U. s. war on drugs created new criminal offenses, punishable with prison time. There were large reductions to edu vocational and other rehabilitative programs in prisons. Drug related crimes and racial disparities in incarceration. Drug related arrests higher for african americans and latinos than whites. Labor market segmentation in illegal drug markets.
