mass incarceration

is an overwhelming evil in light of the fact that two models of crime control (i.e. Economic and moralism) have contributed to the isolation of poor african-American communities in a cycle of increasing crime and punishment.

Professor (Michael) Seidman argues that mass incarceration is an 'overwhelming evil, especially in light of its enormous disparate impact on the African Americancommunity. He explains how the interaction of the 'economic model' and the'moralism model' of crime control has contributed to the isolation of poorAfrican-American communities in a cycle of increasing crime and punishment.

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