ABSTRACT
For some time now, Department of Defense (DoD) offi cials, civil rights activists, and researchers have been concerned about the discrepancy in discipline and incarceration rates between black and white men in the military services. Despite recent declines in overall discipline rates for all races, black service member continue to receive punishments at about twice the rate of their white counterparts (Tong & Jaggers, 1992). Tong and Jaggers (1992) present a chronology that traces some key events and research between 1969 and the present. Though formal research efforts within the services have not been as intensive during the last several years, recent media reports (e.g., Timms & McGonigle, 1991) and an April 1992 conference (1992 UCMJ Conference) at the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, mark renewed interest in the area and portend expanded research efforts.
