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Mass incarceration has been a dominant concern within the criminal justice system since the 1970s. Criminologists and other researchers have looked at the effects crime has on the steadily increasing incarceration rate but to little avail. Intergenerational patterns of incarceration further oppress minority and low-income communities. Although researchers have been able to identify some forms of causation, much more research needs to be done to understand why certain people, according to race, age, gender, and socioeconomic status, are more likely to be incarcerated, arrested, and convicted than others. Current research identifies deviant parents and paternal incarceration as factors that increase the youths’ inclination towards deviant and criminal behavior. By examining the relationship between independent variables of parental incarceration, age, and gender, and dependent variables of arrest, incarceration, and conviction, this study will be able to contribute to current literature about intergenerational patterns of incarceration.
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The Relationship Between Age and Gender and Its Effect on Intergenerational Patterns of Incarceration
Mass incarceration has been a dominant concern within the criminal justice system since the 1970s. Criminologists and other researchers have looked at the effects crime has on the steadily increasing incarceration rate but to little avail. Intergenerational patterns of incarceration further oppress minority and low-income communities. Although researchers have been able to identify some forms of causation, much more research needs to be done to understand why certain people, according to race, age, gender, and socioeconomic status, are more likely to be incarcerated, arrested, and convicted than others. Current research identifies deviant parents and paternal incarceration as factors that increase the youths’ inclination towards deviant and criminal behavior. By examining the relationship between independent variables of parental incarceration, age, and gender, and dependent variables of arrest, incarceration, and conviction, this study will be able to contribute to current literature about intergenerational patterns of incarceration.
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This oral presentation is based on an individual research project.