Journal article
Clusters of Jail Incarcerations in US Counties: 2010-2018
Statistics and public policy (Philadelphia, Pa.), Vol.11(1), 2342777
2024
Web of Science ID: WOS:001238362000001
Abstract
This study investigates the spatiotemporal variations in jail incarcerations in addition to associations with several risk factors and jail incarceration counts at the county level for the period 2010-2018 in the contiguous USA. The disease surveillance software SaTScanTM was utilized to identify and test purely spatial and spatiotemporal variations in jail incarceration. Significant spatial and space-time clusters with elevated relative risk for jail incarceration were found in analysis. Additionally, a negative binomial regression model was used to predict jail incarcerations counts based on several covariates and found significant and non-random spatial clusters of jail incarceration that are explained after adjusting for these covariates. The results in this study provide useful information on possible associations in geographical areas where jail incarceration rates are higher than expected and demonstrate significant correlations between jail incarceration counts and several covariates. The study and its conclusions provide an epidemiological framework for identifying and addressing geographic patterns of unusually high jail incarceration rates in the U.S. and provide evidence of appropriate locations to further investigate underlying causes of disproportionate incarceration.
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- Title
- Clusters of Jail Incarcerations in US Counties: 2010-2018
- Publication Details
- Statistics and public policy (Philadelphia, Pa.), Vol.11(1), 2342777
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Copyright
- © the author(s)
- Identifiers
- WOS:001238362000001; 99380523597206600
- Academic Unit
- Mathematics and Statistics; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English