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Institutional Castling: Military Enlistment and Mass Incarceration in the United States

Bryan L. Sykes, Amy Kate Bailey
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences March 2020, 6 (1) 30-54; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2020.6.1.02
Bryan L. Sykes
aAssistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Sociology and Public Health, by courtesy, at the University of California, Irvine
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bAssociate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois–Chicago and visiting faculty affiliate at the University of Washington’s Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
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    Trends in Employment Status for U.S. Men Age Twenty to Thirty-Four, by Race and Educational Attainment, 1971–2018

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    Veteran and Incarceration Rates for U.S. Adults Age Eighteen to Sixty-Four, 1972–2012

    Source: Authors’ calculations from the Surveys of Inmates, the Bureau of Justice Statistics population counts, and Current Population Survey data.

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    Veteran Percentage of U.S. Men Age Eighteen to Sixty-Four, by Race and Education, 1972–2012

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    Incarceration Rates by Race and Veteran Status for U.S. Men Age Eighteen to Sixty-Four, 1972–2012

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    Fitted Linear Model of Incarceration Rates by Veteran Status Across Race and Educational Levels, 1972–2012

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: 6 (1)
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Bryan L. Sykes, Amy Kate Bailey
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Mar 2020, 6 (1) 30-54; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2020.6.1.02

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Mar 2020, 6 (1) 30-54; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2020.6.1.02
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    • LABOR MARKET STRUCTURE, THE MILITARY, AND PENAL SYSTEM EXPOSURE
    • INSTITUTIONAL CASTLING: RACE, LABOR STRATIFICATION, AND THE MILITARY AND PENAL SYSTEMS
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