Hispanics Incarcerated in State Correctional Facilities: Variations in Inmate Characteristics Across Hispanic Subgroups

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 cat...

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Published in:Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice 2004-01, Vol.2 (1-2), p.119-131
Main Author: Martinez, Damian J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classification
Crime and criminals
Ethnicity
Generalization
Hispanic Americans
Hispanics
inmates
Law enforcement
Legal status, laws, etc
Prisoners
Prisons
Social aspects
Social conditions
United States
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1537-7938
1537-7946
DOI:10.1300/J222v02n01_07