Hispanics Incarcerated in State Correctional Facilities
Title:
Hispanics Incarcerated in State Correctional Facilities
Author:
Martinez, Damian J.
Appeared in:
Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice
Paging:
Volume 2 (2004) nr. 1-2 pages 119-131
Year:
2004-01-29
Contents:
Criminological investigators have exhibited considerable interest in racial variations among prison inmates, variations in justice system responses to these racial groups, and related issues. However, there has been relatively little interest or research in ethnicity, particularly Hispanics. The category Hispanic is not consistently defined by ei-ther lay persons or scholars. In the media and elsewhere in the U.S., Hispanic is not consistently defined along racial lines, national origin, immigrant status, or language capacity, and, therefore, the term Hispanic has several meanings. This paper examines the characteristics of Hispanics, as an aggregate category and as subgroups, incarcerated in state cor-rectional facilities. The analysis argues that disaggregation of Hispanics into Hispanic subgroups is necessary to understand the diversity of their experiences with incarceration.
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