Wealth doesn't protect US blacks from greater chance of incarceration
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 13:00
in Psychology & Sociology
The chances of incarceration in America are always higher for blacks than for whites or Hispanics, regardless of their level of wealth, according to a new study led by Khaing Zaw of Duke University in the U.S. In addition, blacks and Hispanics who had previously served jail time were significantly poorer than their white counterparts.