Mass Incarceration Sociology

Mass incarceration is the essential approach target of detainment. The United States imprisons more of its people than any nation on Earth, and by a considerable margin. Criminals attract little empathy and have no political capital. Many consequential factors are present when correlated with mass incarceration. Families are torn because of the incarceration of a loved one. Upon, examination the intergenerational consequences, economic effect, socio-economic status of African-American men and women, advancement of the technological incarceration and rehabilitation are dilemmas that are not brought up as much in mass media.

Effects on mass incarceration

Research that is done on detainees more often than not centers around the hardship detainees

And, since most people who are incarcerated return to the same neighborhoods, or very similar places as those they were removed from, their presence in large numbers, when they go home, adds a substantial burden there, too. (Crutchfield, Weeks p. 48)

A study was done on children’s life events, behavior problems, social cognitions and maternal parenting, behaviors are examined regarding Children of mothers being released from incarceration. Although it may be clear that children affected by maternal incarceration are at increased risk compared with their peers, less is known about their relative risk compared with other at-risk children and how harmful effects can be prevented in this specific group. (Hissel, Bijleveld, and Kruttschnitt 2011). 30 participating mothers, including mothers who were not likely to regain parenthood and only comparing children’s behaviors with population norms. In comparing children of incarcerated mothers and children from the general population, the accumulation of risk factors other than maternal incarceration in children affected by maternal incarceration may complicate this comparison. large differences in low socio-economic status alone would already bias a comparison

In particular, it seeks to determine how the historically high growth rate in the prison population over the past 30 years has affected employment outcomes, family relationships, and the physical and mental health of Black women who have been incarcerated.

Many women enter criminal activity as a means to support an addiction, intimate partner, and/or family. They are often immersed into unlawful behavior through abuse and economic requirement, viewing their illegal endeavors as a form of work. As a result, programs that help to enhance participation in legitimate activity among marginalized women, such as education and vocational training, may be especially effective at deterring criminal behavior among this group of