African American

African American

African American

Outline

Introduction

Discussion

Traffic Stops

Arrest

Jail Bookings and Length of Stay

References

1. Introduction

US imprisonment rates are greatly higher than the rest of the world, plus within the US, African Americans are imprisoned at least eight times as frequently as European Americans, while American Indians and Hispanics are imprisoned at two to three times the European American rate (Kennedy, 1993). (Asian American incarceration rates are usually lower than European American rates.) About a third of African American men are under the direction of the criminal justice system, as well as about 12% of African American men in their 20s and ...