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mass incarceration: a standalone construct

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the historically high and socially concentrated use of imprisonment in the United States, and its role in deepening inequality.

In corrections, mass incarceration refers to the historically high and socially concentrated use of imprisonment in the United States, and its role in deepening inequality. This meaning comes from Western (2010) in Daedalus.[1]

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  1. Western, B., & Pettit, B. (2010). Incarceration & social inequality. Daedalus, 139(3), 8-19. https://doi.org/10.1162/daed_a_00019

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