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
- 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