[lbo-talk] Abolition of prisons (Was: Angela...)

[Politicus E.]

I computed the cross tabulations from the raw data.  Those raw data come
from the General Social Survey of 2006, and these data are the basis of
tables that Doug provided in his earlier posting.

Of the white respondents earning less than $25,000 per year, 57.5% answered
that the punishment is too harsh;  of the white respondents earning at least
$25,000 per year, 42.5% answered that it is too harsh.  For African-American
respondents earning less than $25,000 per year, 59.5% answered that the
punishment is too harsh;  of the African-American respondents earning at
least $25,000 per year, 40.5% answered that the punishment is too harsh.

On the face of it here, income matters and race does not -- contrary to what
I believed at the outset.  Those with lower incomes, regardless of race,
think that the punishment vetted out by courts is too harsh.

epoliticus

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immemorial ... the present year of course always excepted."
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