“The effect of incarceration on political beliefs for vulnerable populations”

The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Hope Martinez and first published earlier this month by Social Science Quarterly. Here is its abstract:

Objective

This article examines whether incarceration influences a change in political beliefs for those incarcerated and the extent to which it affects more vulnerable groups, including women and people of color.

Method

I use a series of logit models to analyze responses to the Marshall Project’s 2020 prison survey.

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