War on Drugs Policing and Police Brutality

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 50, Issue 8-9, 2015, Pages 1188-1194

  Cooper, Hannah L F ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

police brutality; policy analysis; racism; violence; War on Drugs

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; DRUG LEGISLATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; POLICE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC POLICY; RACISM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

CIVIL RIGHTS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION, DRUG; POLICE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; RACISM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84941352751     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.1007669     Document Type: Review

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