Unequal under law : race in the war on drugs
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2007.
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Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2007.
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Book
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viii, 207 pages : ill. ; 23 cm.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-195) and index.
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Race is clearly a factor in government efforts to control dangerous drugs, but the precise ways that race affects drug laws remain difficult to pinpoint. Illuminating this elusive relationship, this book lays out how decades of both manifest and latent racism helped shape a punitive U.S. drug policy whose onerous impact on racial minorities has been willfully ignored by Congress and the courts. The author's analysis traces the history of race in anti-drug efforts from the temperance movement of the early 1900s to the crack scare of the late twentieth century, showing how campaigns to criminalize drug use have always conjured images of feared minorities. Explaining how alarm over a threatening Black drug trade fueled support in the 1980s for a mandatory minimum sentencing scheme of unprecedented severity, the contention is that while our drug laws may no longer be racist by design, they remain racist in design. Moreover, their racial origins have long been ignored by every branch of government. This dangerous denial threatens our constitutional guarantee of equal protection of law and mutes a much-needed national discussion about institutionalized racism.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Provine, D. M. (2007). Unequal under law: race in the war on drugs . University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Provine, Doris Marie. 2007. Unequal Under Law: Race in the War On Drugs. University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Provine, Doris Marie. Unequal Under Law: Race in the War On Drugs University of Chicago Press, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Provine, Doris Marie. Unequal Under Law: Race in the War On Drugs University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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