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Unequal under Law : Race in the War on Drugs by Doris Marie Provine (2007, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226684628
ISBN-139780226684628
eBay Product ID (ePID)59062698
Product Key Features
Number of Pages193 Pages
Publication NameUnequal under Law : Race in the War on Drugs
LanguageEnglish
SubjectDiscrimination & Race Relations, Law Enforcement, General, Criminal Law / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year2007
TypeTextbook
AuthorDoris Marie Provine
Subject AreaLaw, Political Science, Social Science
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight11.8 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2007-006546
ReviewsA very carefully constructed interdisciplinary argument about the war on drugs. . . . It is not the author's intent to declare the war on drugs a failure. What she shows is that the policy follows recent American history in its bias against disparate racial minorities., Although it is widely known that the United States has experienced a 'prison boom' with dramatically harsher effects on African Americans than whites, no one has analyzed the racialized sources and implications of these disparities so deeply, subtly, and persuasively as Marie Provin in this thoughtful study. . . . A very well-crafted policy analysis and an elegantly written teaching tool. Students and scholars at all levels are likely to find the book accessible and thought-provoking. It is a model of normatively-driven, theoretically-framed research., ...this book is well written, extremely readable and engaging; the work represents a sophisticated academic analysis, yet is easily accessible to the lay reader., " Unequal under Law goes beyond conventional analyses of the War on Drugs and probes into the historical antecedents of current policy. The picture that emerges is one in which racial dynamics have always pervaded drug policy, from the criminalization of opium in the nineteenth century to Prohibition to the indefensible crack cocaine penalties of today. Only by understanding these basic functions can we assess the true implications of current drug policy and develop more constructive policy responses."--Marc Mauer, executive director, The Sentencing Project, Provine uses a social constructionist theoretical framework to logically, systematically, and thoroughly examine the history of drug control policy in the United States. Her book adds significantly to the literature in that it provides an historical, social, and political context to fully undersand the current war on drugs, its impact particularly on African American communities, and the apparent reluctance of the government to critically address America's approach to drug use., Unequal under Law is a masterful overview of the War on Drugs, drawing compelling historical continuity between different eras of U.S. policies toward 'mind-altering substances' and vulnerable populations. For future research and informed policy discussions in this area, Provine has set a new bar, and the bar is very high. This is an unusual combination of meticulous scholarship, analytic acumen, and 'the big picture.', Unequal under Law is elegantly written and stands as an exemplar of the best of law and society scholarship. It offers a nuanced and kaleidoscopic examination of the persistence of racism in America and exposes the roles and responsibnilites of the law in sustaining racism. In this way, Unequal under Law also works as a case study of the capacity of law to achieve progressive social change, with important insights into the social and political conditions which constrain legal results. . . . A fascinating study demonstrating the importance and complexity of racial divisions in the United States. It is also a plea for understanding such divisions in an institutional and psychologically informed manner., "This book will help the forces for racial justice, for drug law reform, and more broadly for human rights in criminal justice and law. It should help rekindle the much-needed debate about the deeply racist consequences of current drug laws."--Craig Reinarman, University of California, Santa Cruz
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal345.73/0277
Table Of ContentIntroduction One Racial Discrimination in the Eyes of the Law Two Race in America's First War on Drugs Three Negro Cocaine Fiends, Mexican Marijuana Smokers, and Chinese Opium Addicts: The Drug Menace in Racial Relief Four Congress on Crack: How Race-Neutral Language Hides Racial Meaning Five The Racial Impact of the War on Drugs: How Government Coped Six Racial Justice: The Courts Consider Sentencing Disparities Epilogue Notes References Index
SynopsisRace is clearly a factor in government efforts to control dangerous drugs, but the precise ways that race affects drug laws remain difficult to pinpoint. Illuminating this elusive relationship, Unequal under Law lays out how decades of both manifest and latent racism helped shape a punitive U.S. drug policy whose onerous impact on racial minorities has been willfully ignored by Congress and the courts. Doris Marie Provine's engaging analysis traces the history of race in anti-drug efforts from the temperance movement of the early 1900s to the crack scare of the late twentieth century, showing how campaigns to criminalize drug use have always conjured images of feared minorities. Explaining how alarm over a threatening black drug trade fueled support in the 1980s for a mandatory minimum sentencing scheme of unprecedented severity, Provine contends that while our drug laws may no longer be racist by design, they remain racist in design. Moreover, their racial origins have long been ignored by every branch of government. This dangerous denial threatens our constitutional guarantee of equal protection of law and mutes a much-needed national discussion about institutionalized racism--a discussion that Unequal under Law promises to initiate.
LC Classification NumberKF4755.P76 2007
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