Discrimination in discipline : race and disciplinary action in US state prisons
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pettit, Becky, 1970- | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hailey, Chantal | |
| dc.creator | Humber, Amy Grace | |
| dc.creator.orcid | 0000-0003-3073-7161 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-04T00:56:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-04T00:56:12Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2022-12 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-12-02 | |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2022 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2023-07-04T00:56:13Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study uses nationally representative self-report data from the 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates to examine the relationship between race and prison disciplinary action. Though ample research documents racial inequity in the criminal legal system, our understanding of race inside corrections facilities is limited. Disciplinary action within prison plays a prominent role in determining access to resources while inside and parole eligibility. Punishment is a prominent force within prisons, and there is evidence to suggest that surveillance and discretion based on race/ethnicity play a significant role in who and what actions receive discipline. The guiding questions of this research are: What is the nature of disciplinary action in state prisons? And what is the relationship between race/ethnicity and whether and how often people are disciplined while incarcerated in state prisons? Findings support that discipline is a routine occurrence within prisons, impacting over half of the prison population, and that Black people/people who are racialized as Black (Street Race Black) are at the greatest risk of being punished in prison. Some findings suggest that women are at greater risk of more frequent discipline than men and that intersectional inequalities play a role in how discretion operates to determine who gets disciplined and how often. | |
| dc.description.department | Sociology | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2152/120374 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/47242 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | Race | |
| dc.subject | Ethnicity | |
| dc.subject | Incarceration | |
| dc.subject | Discipline | |
| dc.subject | Discrimination | |
| dc.subject | Inequality | |
| dc.title | Discrimination in discipline : race and disciplinary action in US state prisons | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Sociology | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Sociology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts |
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