ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Not All Black Men Are Treated the Same: Relationship between Incarceration and Life Outcomes in US-Born African American and US-Born and Foreign-Born Caribbean Black Males

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Diversity Science

  • Adiba Hassan
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Shane DeGrace
    UCLA Bridging Research Innovation, Training, and Educatoin Center for Science Research & Policy
  • Taylor Reed
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Susan Cochran
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Wilson Hammett
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Vickie Mays, Ph.D., MSPH
    University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

Using data from a nationally representative survey of US-born and foreign-born Black men, we examined differences in sociodemographic/hardship factors of those with a history of incarceration by ethnicity and nativity. Our findings indicate that US-born Black males demonstrate lower levels of success across these factors compared with foreign-born males.

Criminal Justice