Race, Gender and Crime

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My thoughts

Blacks are targeted because they are seen as more aggressive

Mental illness could be high due to high levels of domestic abuse and sexual assault in women who are incarcerated.

Takeaways

Each article brings up a lot of different statistics on crime, female crime, and black female crime.

Articles

http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p13.pdf

Higher levels of property and drug crime (non-violent crimes)

http://www.csosa.gov/newsmedia/factsheets/statistics-on-women-offenders-2014.pdf

On every measure of drug use, women offenders in state prison reported higher usage (40 percent) compared to males (32 percent).

Approximately 7 in 10 women under correctional sanction have minor children, more than 1,300.000 children.

: 57.2 percent of females report abuse before admission to state prison versus 16.1 percent of males. 39.0 percent of female state prison inmates report that they were sexually abused before admission to state prison versus 5.8 percent of males

Nearly 6 in 10 women in state prisons had experienced physical or sexual abuse in the past. 69 percent reported that the assault occurred before age 18.

Female inmates had higher rates of mental health problems than male inmates

http://www.stephaniecovington.com/assets/files/4.pdf

Women of color, especially African-Americans, are disproportionately incarcerated in the United States