93.2% of incarcerated individuals are men.
Source: https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_gender.jsp
- hoodlem ( @hoodlem@hoodlem.me ) 1•1 year ago
What do we do about it? I have heard testosterone in males makes us more likely to commit violent crimes. BS or is there something we can do about it?
- argv_minus_one ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) 12•1 year ago
Incarceration isn’t a consequence of committing a crime. It’s a consequence of being poor. Testosterone’s got nothing to do with it.
I am skeptical of claims of testosterone induced violent criminals. In this case I think it’s useful to consider how the prison system is still one of the primary mechanisms for systemic oppression of particular groups (black folks, poor folks, queer folks and their intersecting communities) and how police departments specifically are influenced by their own internalized notions of masculinity.
- gapbetweenus ( @gapbetweenus@feddit.de ) 3•1 year ago
Tackle the socio economic roots of crime.