The economics of mass incarceration (with Robynn Cox)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

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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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

2022-04-05 33 min
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