Board #9 - What Political and Institutional Factors Explain the Variance in Adult Female Incarceration Rates Among U.S. States?

• In Event: 71-304 - Poster Session: Politics and the Carceral State

Brief Overview

Female incarceration rates vary by state due to judicial selection, welfare access, partisan control, and drug enforcement. Appointed judges, generous welfare, and marijuana legalization lower rates, while GOP control and drug arrests increase them.

Author

• Haley Kern, Creighton University