title: Incarceration and social inequality.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Western
authors.forename: Becky
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pettit
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role / Q000266:history; D008571:Men / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D011203:Poverty / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D011329:Prisoners / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D011330:Prisons / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011678:Punishment / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D012924:Social Conditions / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012940:Social Problems / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult