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Intersections of race and gender on prison punishment and adjustment
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Intersections of race and gender on prison punishment and adjustment
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Chowdhury
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Liza
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1982-
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Liza Chowdhury
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chair
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Clarke
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Ronald V
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Ronald V Clarke
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Ostermann
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Michael
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Michael Ostermann
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Bush-Baskette
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Stephanie
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Stephanie Bush-Baskette
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - Newark
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2015
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Mass incarceration has had several negative outcomes for poor communities of color. The past thirty years have resulted in disproportionate rates of African Americans being under correctional supervision. Feminist criminologists have discussed the negative impacts mass incarceration has had on women and have been advocating for research that examines the gender-specific dimensions of female incarceration. Intersectionality Theory (Crenshaw, 1989) was first introduced in legal studies to understand the double biases that women of color face by the justice system due to the simultaneous interaction effect of race and gender. Recent studies in feminist criminology also advocate for the focus of gender and its interaction with race in order to examine if women of color are punished more severely due to race and gender bias. The purpose of this study is to examine if categories of intersections based on race and gender result in disparate punishment outcomes in regards to official reactions to prison infractions. It is hypothesized that Black inmates are punished more severely for prison infractions than all other incarcerated groups. Data for this study come from the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities (SISFCF). Results show Black female and Black male inmates are more likely to be administered the punishment of solitary confinement than all other groups. The findings of this study support the arguments made by intersectionality theory, and emphasize the importance of addressing the educational need of correctional officials, and their system of sanctioning prison infractions.
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Criminal Justice
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (x, 120 p. : ill.)
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Ph.D.
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Race discrimination
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Prisoners
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Prisons and race relations
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by Liza Chowdhury
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Graduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3XS5X82
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ETD doctoral
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Liza
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2015-05-01 20:50:40
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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