tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post2792898713424334387..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: Public Opinion, Prison, and Politics – Black Crime MattersJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-84263326853296110722015-10-01T14:04:42.197-04:002015-10-01T14:04:42.197-04:00Pam, That's very interesting. I would think th...Pam, That's very interesting. I would think that the pathways to legislation are many and not easily traced from a starting point forty years past. The influence of city mayors on state legislatures and governors can vary greatly, as the current mayor-governor relationship in New York illustrates. Fortner's book may be an excellent history of the creation of the NY laws (I don't know -- I haven't read it, and I haven't read any reviews by political historians). <br /><br />I came across other surprises when I was looking down various side tracks when I was putting this post together. For instance, it looks as though in the first years after the Rocky drug laws, the big increase ion NY prisons was among Whites, not Blacks. <br /><br />Jay Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-41324670163507214042015-10-01T08:27:06.859-04:002015-10-01T08:27:06.859-04:00Thanks for writing this. My impression from having...Thanks for writing this. My impression from having done a lot of (as yet unpublished) work on these issues is that Black support for the Draconian policies mattered politically, especially in the big cities where Blacks had significant political presence, even as it is and was true that White support for Draconian policies was even higher. For example, Black imprisonment rose more under Black mayors than White mayors in major cities.Pamela Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912292767068325132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-90410643456268089682015-09-30T23:07:02.314-04:002015-09-30T23:07:02.314-04:00Obviously, I missed your Monkey Cage post, nor was...Obviously, I missed your Monkey Cage post, nor was I aware that the B/W divergence in attitudes did not extend back infinitely. I was looking only at GSS data -- 1972 to present. Jay Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-87298934153421491332015-09-30T21:15:49.063-04:002015-09-30T21:15:49.063-04:00Guess who used to be okay with the death penalty?<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/09/20/guess-who-used-to-be-okay-with-the-death-penalty/" rel="nofollow">Guess who used to be okay with the death penalty?</a>Andrew Gelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715992780769751789noreply@blogger.com