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criminal processing  

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  • After remaining conspicuously stable for nearly 100 years, the number of people under criminal justice control increased nearly fivefold during the last quarter of the 20th century. During this “prison boom,” racial and ethnic disparities in criminal justice outcomes remained high. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Criminal Processing]

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