Criminal Law and Justice System Practices as Racist, White, and Racialized

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Race and age operate as we might expect: Members of a racial minority group (blacks) and the young are disproportionately represented in arrest, court, and prison populations.'

But members of the socially subordinate gender group (women) are disproportionately less likely to be represented in arrest, court, and prison populations.

Although the general expectations of power-based theories hold true within gender groups-that is, 60 % of women and men imprisoned are members of racial minority groupsT-such power-based theories cannot explain the disproportionate presence of men under formal criminal justice control. The demography of crime and justice poses challenges for both feminist.