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SAGE Journal User Guide

Barnum, C., Barnum, T., & Giese, L. (2013). Racial Disproportionality in Iowa and Missouri’s Prison Systems: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Areas. Race and Justics, 3(4): 321-338.

Questions to consider:

1. What factors affect the racial disproportionality in America’s prison systems? Is discrimination the only factor?
2. Why did the authors choose Iowa and Missouri for their study?
3. What were some of the differences in the results based on the comparison of urban and rural areas?
    

Steinmetz, K. F., & Henderson, H. (2015). On the Precipice of Intersectionality: The Influence of Race, Gender, and Offense Severity Interactions on Probation Outcomes. Criminal Justice Review, 40(3): 361-377.

Questions to consider:

1. What specialty does the article have? Why is “probation failure a more robust and accurate measure of success”?
2. According to the article, how do the interaction effects between race and gender as well as race and offense severity affect probation failure?
3. Besides demographic factors, what else may cause the probation failure?

Bennett, J. (2013). Race and Power: The Potential and Limitations of Prison-Based Democratic Therapeutic Communities. Race and Justice, 3(2): 130-143.

Questions to consider:

1. Compared to the traditional prisons, how are democratic therapeutic community prisons regarded countercultural?
2. How do democratic therapeutic community prisons work?
3. According to the article, what is the contribution of democratic therapeutic community prisons?