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The economics of mass incarceration (with Robynn Cox)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

English - April 05, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
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What role does the criminal justice system play in economic inequality? How does economic inequality cause mass incarceration? And how do we tease those two questions apart? Robynn Cox, an expert in the economics of mass incarceration, talks about her research uncovering the links between economic inequality and the criminal justice system. 

Robynn Cox is an assistant professor at the University of Southern California School of Social Work. She is an economist and inequality researcher, and her work focuses on understanding the social and economic consequences of mass incarceration. 

Twitter: @RobynnCox

Overcoming social exclusion: Addressing race and criminal justice policy in the United States https://equitablegrowth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Cox.pdf 

The Impact of Mass Incarceration on the Lives of African American Women
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1007/s12114-011-9114-2 

Identifying the Link Between Food Security and Incarceration
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/soej.12080

www.robynncox.com 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pam.22277

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07418825.2019.1709883

http://www.jameinpcunningham.com/uploads/1/1/2/0/112070441/black_lives_ccow.pdf

Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/
Twitter: @PitchforkEcon
Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics
Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

What role does the criminal justice system play in economic inequality? How does economic inequality cause mass incarceration? And how do we tease those two questions apart? Robynn Cox, an expert in the economics of mass incarceration, talks about her research uncovering the links between economic inequality and the criminal justice system. 


Robynn Cox is an assistant professor at the University of Southern California School of Social Work. She is an economist and inequality researcher, and her work focuses on understanding the social and economic consequences of mass incarceration. 


Twitter: @RobynnCox


Overcoming social exclusion: Addressing race and criminal justice policy in the United States https://equitablegrowth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Cox.pdf 


The Impact of Mass Incarceration on the Lives of African American Women

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1007/s12114-011-9114-2 


Identifying the Link Between Food Security and Incarceration

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/soej.12080


www.robynncox.com 


https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pam.22277


https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07418825.2019.1709883


http://www.jameinpcunningham.com/uploads/1/1/2/0/112070441/black_lives_ccow.pdf


Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/

Twitter: @PitchforkEcon

Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics

Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

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