Elizabeth Hinton sheds light on the fact that all crime statistics used in the debate over mass incarceration are provided by the US Federal Bureau of intelligence. Despite this, Hinton also claims these incarceration rate statistics are often distorted or wrong all together \u201cbecause of their [law enforcement\u2019s] own vested interests (Hinton 6). But what are the FBI and law enforcement\u2019s \u201cvested interests.\u201d What do they have to gain by changing crime data? Are they overestimating or underestimating the issue of mass incarceration in America? Along with Elizabeth Hinton, Jeremy Travis, Bruce Western, and Steve Redburn have also written about mass incarceration, touching on how the FBI tends to alter crime stats in America. Angela Davis and Daniel Bell have also covered FBI crime statistics and the inner workings of how the FBI collects crime data and represents it to the public. By the end of my research, I hope to create a paper which helps the reader understands how the FBI relates to the issues of mass incarceration, and potential answers as to why their crime data can appear to be scewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Hinton, Elizabeth. \u201cIntroduction: Origins of Mass Incarceration\u201d From the War on Poverty to the War on Crim<\/em>e, Edited by the Harvard University Press, 2016, pages 1-28<\/p>\n\n\n\n Western, Travis and Redburn. \u201cChapter 5: The Crime Prevention Effects of Incarceration\u201d Growth of Incarceration in the United States<\/em>, Edited by Committee on Law and Justice on the National Research council, National Academies Press, 2014 pages 130-156<\/p>\n\n\n\n Davis, Angela \u201cAre prisons Obsolete?\u201d Edited by New York press, 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bell, Daniel. \u201cBridging Gaps in Police Crime Data,\u201d Bureau of Justice Statistics, September 1999, https:\/\/bjs.ojp.gov\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elizabeth Hinton sheds light on the fact that all crime statistics used in the debate over mass incarceration are provided by the US Federal Bureau of intelligence. Despite this, Hinton also claims these incarceration rate statistics are often distorted or wrong all together \u201cbecause of their [law enforcement\u2019s] own vested interests (Hinton 6). But what … <\/p>\n