incarceration rates
Imprisonment population data
Incarceration rates measure how many people are imprisoned relative to population, typically expressed per 100,000 residents.
The term appears frequently in discussions of criminal justice policy, racial disparities, and international comparisons: The United States has the highest incarceration rate among developed nations.
Rising or falling rates often serve as proxy measures for how punitive a society's approach to crime has become.
- racial disparitiesUnequal outcomes between groups
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