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Unequal under law : race in the war on drugs
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Title
Unequal under law : race in the war on drugs / Doris Marie Provine.
ISBN
9780226684604 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226684601 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226684628 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226684628 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Physical Description
viii, 207 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 20, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-195) and index.
Contents
Racial discrimination in the eyes of the law
Race in America's first war on drugs
Negro cocaine fiends, Mexican marijuana smokers, and Chinese opium addicts : the drug menace in racial relief
Congress on crack : how race-neutral language hides racial meaning
The racial impact of the war on drugs : how government coped
Racial justice : the courts consider sentencing disparities.
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