Mass Incarceration Conclusion
Conclusion
The research conducted for this study, allowed me to answer my thesis statement ?Mass incarceration was bolstered by the War on Drugs.? Consequently, the War on drugs and the concomitant mass incarceration movement were birthed in 1971 when then President Richard Nixon declared drugs to be the nation?s public enemy ( Tonry, 2011)pg137!. Its impacts are not just limited to the familiar statistic of 2.3 million people now held in our nation?s prisons and jails, nor even to the upwards of seven million who, as inmates, parolees or probationers, constitute our nation?s current ?correctional population?(Sarah Shannon, et al.,). This study contributes to the growing body of scholarly work that has examined the narrative of the lived …show more content…
the cycle of crime continues on. with man fathers incarcerated children are not forming the necessary social bonds and are not developing the proper skill needed to become productive members of society. not to be taken lightly are the socioeconomic disadvantages that increase the disparity between minorities and the majority, and heighten their chances of incarceration. nor can one count out that the mere location of these individuals also increases their risk of incarceration. the cycle continues on and the number of minorities incarcerated continues to rise. if nothing is done for the poor in the urban areas to help themselves rise above the poverty and despair, the incarceration rates are sure to continue to rising with no end in sight.the united states is a country that was founded on equality, yet the system is filled with inequality. by understanding why this disparity occurs and possibly helping to correct the problem, in the future we may be able to re-establish racial equality in our prosecution and incarceration policies. it is important that all perspectives and possibilities are examined in regard to this issue so that attempts to alleviate the disparities can be made. while policy does have some effect, particularly in the aftermath of the crack epidemic, socioeconomic biases, location, and disadvantaged pasts seem to weigh in equally as underlying factors in sentence disproportionality. moreover, policy becomes racially biased, for it and the criminal system in genral are biased against the poor, a category in which many minorities tend to
The research conducted for this study, allowed me to answer my thesis statement ?Mass incarceration was bolstered by the War on Drugs.? Consequently, the War on drugs and the concomitant mass incarceration movement were birthed in 1971 when then President Richard Nixon declared drugs to be the nation?s public enemy ( Tonry, 2011)pg137!. Its impacts are not just limited to the familiar statistic of 2.3 million people now held in our nation?s prisons and jails, nor even to the upwards of seven million who, as inmates, parolees or probationers, constitute our nation?s current ?correctional population?(Sarah Shannon, et al.,). This study contributes to the growing body of scholarly work that has examined the narrative of the lived …show more content…
the cycle of crime continues on. with man fathers incarcerated children are not forming the necessary social bonds and are not developing the proper skill needed to become productive members of society. not to be taken lightly are the socioeconomic disadvantages that increase the disparity between minorities and the majority, and heighten their chances of incarceration. nor can one count out that the mere location of these individuals also increases their risk of incarceration. the cycle continues on and the number of minorities incarcerated continues to rise. if nothing is done for the poor in the urban areas to help themselves rise above the poverty and despair, the incarceration rates are sure to continue to rising with no end in sight.the united states is a country that was founded on equality, yet the system is filled with inequality. by understanding why this disparity occurs and possibly helping to correct the problem, in the future we may be able to re-establish racial equality in our prosecution and incarceration policies. it is important that all perspectives and possibilities are examined in regard to this issue so that attempts to alleviate the disparities can be made. while policy does have some effect, particularly in the aftermath of the crack epidemic, socioeconomic biases, location, and disadvantaged pasts seem to weigh in equally as underlying factors in sentence disproportionality. moreover, policy becomes racially biased, for it and the criminal system in genral are biased against the poor, a category in which many minorities tend to