What are the demographics (social characteristics) of today’s prisoners? What gender and racial disparities, if any, exist in today’s prison populations? (This part of this answer is in your textbook with specific statistics.)
Why does this disparity exist? (Do research on this, do not just give what you believe is the cause, es read about the issue!)
references
- Schmalleger, F. (2019). Criminal justice today: An Introductory Text for the Twenty-First Century (16th ed). Pearson Education.
please provided references to your explanation