The Crime Scene Phase of the CJ process
The Pretrial Phase
The Trial Phase
The Sentencing Phase
The Sentence Served Phase
The incarceration binge (1970 through 2010) – Prison Population
Incarceration-rate calculation
Incarceration rate 1900 to 1970 -- from 1970 to 2010
Incarceration-rate spike (1970 to 2010) in view of crime rate
Incarceration rate from 2010 to 2020 -- Three reasons why it dropped
Rate of persons under correctional control (jail, prison, probation, and parole)
Percent of offenders not incarcerated in jails or prisons
Prison bound: all persons born 2001 -- African Americans born 2001
% African American men (age 20 to 30) currently under correctional control
% African American men (age 20 to 30) who have been in prison
Sentencing disparity
Percent of offenders in each correctional category
Probation 60%
Jails 10%
State Prison 20%
Parole 10%