Lifetime Likelihood of Imprisonment for US Residents born in 2001 (Disproportionate Incarceration Graph #3)

Lifetime Likelihood of Imprisonment for US Residents born in 2001 (LINK)
courtesy of Connie Rivera (@Rivera_Con)

Type of Graph: infographic (pictograph incorporating ratios)

Source: The Sentencing Project

Potential Math Content: infographic, pictograph, ratios, proportional reasoning

Potential Content Connections: incarceration, race, gender, the US justice system, the War on Drugs, politics

This is the third graph in a series of slow reveal graphs Connie Rivera created for a unit called “Disproportionate Incarceration: Graphing, Proportional Reasoning, and Social Justice.” She used it with students in an adult education course. Read more about this series on the Special Collections page.

Click here to download this slide deck in its original PPT format (from Connie)