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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Drug laws"”.
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Disenfranchising the Black Other: A Critique of American Drug Laws
… present or former felons. I propose that unequal drug laws which provide different sentences for crack cocaine, used more often by poor blacks because of its cheapness and availability in poor neighborhoods, and powder cocaine, used more often by upper class whites, punish blacks for their status …
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The evolution of drug laws in America and the variation in penalties and sentencing in state courts
… this study was to examine the evolution of major drug laws in the United States, the variation in statutory penalties between selected states, and to determine if the written law is reflected in sentencing and prison admissions. Penalties for felony possession and illicit trafficking for five …
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Attitudes and Beliefs of Successful Adult Illicit Drug Users: A Qualitative Analysis of Drugnet Survey Respondents
America is a drug-oriented society. For many years people have used drugs for recreational purposes. However, there has been ongoing controversy regarding drug abuse and drug use. The purpose of this study was to assess attitudes and beliefs of successful adult drug users as it relates to drug …
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American Ignominy: The Incarceration of the Mentally Ill
… incarcerated rather than hospitalized. Strict drug laws combined with the current opioid epidemic are now forcing the government to consider treatment over punishment, lest the prison populations continue to swell. It is time to strongly consider using the involuntary commitment for severe …
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Forging a Punishing State: The Punitive Turn in U.S. Criminal and Social Policy, 1968--1980
… research on seminal struggles over welfare, drug, and criminal sentencing policy, it chronicles a profound shift during the 1970s where programs that championed punishment, expulsion, and retribution supplanted policies that stressed rehabilitation and social reintegration. Specifically, it …
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Forging a punishing state: The punitive turn in U.S. criminal and social policy, 1968-1980
… research on seminal struggles over welfare, drug, and criminal sentencing policy, it chronicles a profound shift during the 1970s where programs that championed punishment, expulsion, and retribution supplanted policies that stressed rehabilitation and social reintegration. Specifically, it …
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Examining the impact of post secondary drug education.
The prohibition of many drugs has led to the development and implementation of drug related education programs that typically exist at the elementary school level. As many of these programs are funded by the Canadian government, it is possible that such education serves as a means of re-enforcing …
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When Ambivalence Kills: The West and InternationalHIV Relief in Post-Socialist Russia
… internal affects on HIV such as stigma, faulty drug laws, and the limits imposed on domestic NGOs by Russian tax laws. Additionally, I provide evidence suggesting that internationally-funded NGOs exacerbate existing conditions through their use of culturally ignorant funding practices and …
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The Relationship Between Drug Usage, Mental Well-Being and Felony Convictions Among a Sample of Adult Recreational Drug Users: Case-Control Analyses
… human activities. One of them is recreational drug use. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between drug usage, mental well-being and felony convictions among a sample of adult recreational drug users. The primary purpose of this analysis was to develop a set of predictor …
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Diplomas vs Incarceration: Does Intersectionality Affect Black Men and Women Differently?
… for reasons including racial profiling, unfair drug laws, and a biased judicial system. Black men are often subject to unwarranted searches and stop-and-frisks. These are meant to protect neighborhoods from criminal activity, when in fact they are often used to target people of color in …
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Whistleblowing and Moral Dilemmas in Policing: An Analysis of Police Culture and the 'Blue Code of Silence'
… corruption in policing and enforcement of minor drug laws. Of requests for interviews with nine (9) “top dogs” (political, administrative and investigative bodies) that set policy and hold police organizations accountable, only Mr. Gerry McNeilly, director of the Office of the Independent Police …
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Essays on Crime and Social Inequality
… chapter investigates racialized enforcement of drug laws in the U.S. South during the War on Drugs. I develop a model of cultural persistence, linking punitive attitudes toward enslaved Black cotton pickers to intensified law enforcement practices a century later. Using FBI Uniform Crime …
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Through the Gateway: Marijuana Production, Governance, and the Drug War Détente
… the 1996 voter approval of medical marijuana laws in California, marijuana policy has become increasingly liberalized. Producers, however, have remained in the greyest of grey market zones. Federal anti-drug laws and supply-side tactics have intensively targeted them even as marijuana has …
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The Invisible Epidemic: Educating Social Work Students towards Holistic Practice in a Period of Mass Incarceration
… punitive policies such as the Rockefeller Drug Laws, Truth in Sentencing and 3 strike legislations. The second semester highlights systemic and personal challenges to practicing within, and around the criminal justice system. The second semester pays particular attention to evidence based …
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Federal Drug Sentencing: An Evaluation of the Consistency, Proportionality, and Fairness within Cases
National drug policy has contributed to prison population growth in the United States. Blacks and Hispanics are minorities in the population, but are overrepresented as defendants in criminal courts and as inmates in prison. The purpose of this research is to evaluate fairness in federal drug …