TITLE:
Study on the Causes for the Large Number of Prisoners in the United States
AUTHORS:
Ziyue Cai
KEYWORDS:
Causes, Number of Prisoners, The United States
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.8,
August
24,
2020
ABSTRACT: Larger population base, the implementation of harsher laws, deep-rooted
stereotypes and racist prejudices against black people mainly due to the
transformation of rectification ideology, and a myriad of unsolved social
problems jointly contribute to the shocking number of prisoners we see in the
United States today.