Taylor Robert Joseph, Miller Reuben, Mouzon Dawne, Keith Verna M, Chatters Linda M
School of Social Work, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Race Justice. 2018;8(2):154-177. doi: 10.1177/2153368716661849. Epub 2016 Aug 12.
The present study examined the impact of criminal justice contact on experiences of everyday discrimination among a national sample of African American men. African American men have a high likelihood of being targets of major discrimination, as well as experiencing disproportionate contact with the criminal justice system. Few studies, however, examine everyday discrimination (e.g., commonplace social encounters of unfair treatment) among this group. Using data from the National Survey of American Life, we provide a descriptive assessment of different types of everyday discrimination among African American men. Specifically, we examined differences in everyday discrimination among men who have never been arrested, those who have been arrested but not incarcerated, and men who have a previous history of criminal justice intervention categorized by type of incarceration experienced (i.e., reform school, detention, jail, or prison). Study findings indicated overall high levels of reported everyday discrimination, with increased likelihood and a greater number of experiences associated with more serious forms of criminal justice contact. However, in many instances, there were no or few differences in reported everyday discrimination for African American men with and without criminal justice contact, indicating comparable levels of exposure to experiences with unfair treatment.
本研究考察了刑事司法接触对全国范围内非裔美国男性日常歧视经历的影响。非裔美国男性很有可能成为重大歧视的对象，并且与刑事司法系统有不成比例的接触。然而，很少有研究考察该群体中的日常歧视（例如，不公平待遇的常见社会遭遇）。利用美国生活全国调查的数据，我们对非裔美国男性中不同类型的日常歧视进行了描述性评估。具体而言，我们考察了从未被捕的男性、被捕但未被监禁的男性以及有刑事司法干预史（按所经历的监禁类型分类，即教养院、拘留所、监狱或服刑监狱）的男性在日常歧视方面的差异。研究结果表明，报告的日常歧视总体水平较高，与更严重形式的刑事司法接触相关的可能性增加且经历次数更多。然而，在许多情况下，有刑事司法接触和没有刑事司法接触的非裔美国男性在报告的日常歧视方面没有差异或差异很小，这表明他们遭受不公平待遇经历的程度相当。
