Race and inequality in the war on drugs

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 41-60

  Provine, Doris Marie ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

color blind racism; Crack cocaine disparity; criminalization; equal protection; prohibitionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155168911     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102510-105445     Document Type: Review

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