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Table 2 Observed Incarceration and Calculated Imprisonment versus Expected Lifetime Imprisonment Risk for CMHC Sample Population in Atlanta GA

From: Involvement in the criminal justice system among attendees of an urban mental health center

  

Total in CMHC

Incarceration in CMHC population

Likely Ever in Prison

NLSY89 Cumulative Risk of Imprisonment

Expected in CMHC

 

N

%

N

%

%

N

P-value

Black men

Less than High school

26

24

92.3

15

57.8

28.34

7

 

High school or equivalent

23

18

78.3

9

43.5

12.64

3

 

Some college or higher

19

17

89.5

9

47.4

4.97

1

 

All black men

68

59

86.8

33

48.5

14.09*

10

<0.01

White men

Less than High school

7

5

71.4

3

42.9

8.57

1

 

High school or equivalent

9

8

88.9

5

55.6

2.50

0

 

Some college or higher

4

3

75

0

0

0.68

0

 

All white men

20

16

80

8

40

2.30*

1

<0.01

Black women

Less than High school

24

14

58.3

7

29.0

4.93

1

 

High school or equivalent

40

20

50

10

25.0

1.36

1

 

Some college or higher

17

9

52.9

1

5.9

0.83

0

 

All black women

81

43

53.1

18

22.2

1.79*

2

<0.01

White women

Less than High school

2

1

50

0

0

0.81

0

 

High school or equivalent

5

5

100

3

60.0

0.30

0

 

Some college or higher

6

2

33.3

0

0

0.09

0

 

All white women

13

8

61.5

3

23.1

0.25*

0

<0.01

  1. *These values for cumulative risk of imprisonment represent people 18-64 years of age.
  2. Note: NLSY 1989 cohort is born 1955-1959. NLSY values were calculated by Western B & Pettit B (2009). When comparing “Likely ever in prison” of the sample population to the NLSY expected imprisonment in this population, the p-value was <0.01. When analyzing imprisonment for each racial, gender group, the p-value was <0.01 for each group.