Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment
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- Synopsis
- Aggressive policing and draconian sentencing have disproportionately imprisoned millions of African Americans for drug-related offenses. Michael Javen Fortner shows that in the 1970s these punitive policies toward addicts and pushers enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks, angry about the chaos in their own neighborhoods.
- Copyright:
- 2015
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780674496101
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780674743991
- Publisher:
- Harvard University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 07/08/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Harvard University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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