Drugs, data, race and reaction: A field report

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Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 442-447

  Beckett, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; CRIME; DRUG; RACE; RACIAL DISPARITY;

EID: 42549169307     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2008.00612.x     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Beckett K, Nyrop K and Pfingst L (2006) Race, drugs and policing: Understanding disparities in drug delivery arrests. Criminology 44 (1): 105-138. Presents the results of our study of the nature and causes of racial disparity in Seattle's drug delivery arrests.
2. Mauer M and Chesney-Lind M (eds) (2003) Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment. New York: The New Press. Provides a useful overview of emerging research on the "collateral consequences"of mass incarceration.
3. Mauer M and King RS (2007) A 25-year quagmire: The "war on drugs"and its impact on American society. Washington DC: The Sentencing Project. A succinct overview of the costs and consequences of drug prohibition in the United States.
4. Pager D (2006) Marked: Race, Crime and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. An empirical exploration of the effects of race and criminal conviction on employment.
5. Western B (2006) Punishment and Inequality in America. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. A comprehensive analysis of the ways in which mass incarceration both reflects and exacerbates social inequality.