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The Racial Injustice Of The War On Drugs: The Sentencing Laws And Police Practices Responsible For The Injustice And A Policy Prescription For A New Way Forward, Brad R. Schlesinger
The Racial Injustice Of The War On Drugs: The Sentencing Laws And Police Practices Responsible For The Injustice And A Policy Prescription For A New Way Forward, Brad R. Schlesinger
Brad R Schlesinger
The War on Drugs is a discriminatory policy that results in blacks being overrepresented as those arrested and imprisoned for drug crimes – creating incalculable damages to black communities and families. The culprits are sentencing laws and law enforcement tactics that cannot be considered race-neutral as these policies overwhelmingly affect blacks. While attempts to ameliorate these disparities through sentencing reform has had mild successes, these prescriptions are limited, failing to address the underlying problem: the way the drug war is policed. I contend that legalizing and regulating drugs is necessary to reverse the injustice and blatant discrimination of the drug …
The Racial Injustice Of The War On Drugs: The Sentencing Laws And Police Practices Responsible For The Injustice And A Policy Prescription For A New Way Forward, Brad R. Schlesinger
The Racial Injustice Of The War On Drugs: The Sentencing Laws And Police Practices Responsible For The Injustice And A Policy Prescription For A New Way Forward, Brad R. Schlesinger
Brad R Schlesinger
The War on Drugs is a discriminatory policy that results in blacks being overrepresented as those arrested and imprisoned for drug crimes – creating incalculable damages to black communities and families. The culprits are sentencing laws and law enforcement tactics that cannot be considered race-neutral as these policies overwhelmingly affect blacks. While attempts to ameliorate these disparities through sentencing reform has had mild successes, these prescriptions are limited, failing to address the underlying problem: the way the drug war is policed. I contend that legalizing and regulating drugs is necessary to reverse the injustice and blatant discrimination of the drug …