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Author Provine, Doris Marie.

Title Unequal under law : race in the war on drugs / Doris Marie Provine.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2007]
©2007

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 Moore Stacks  KF4755 .P76 2007    Available  ---
Description viii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Subject Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Race discrimination -- Law and legislation.
United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Equality before the law -- United States.
Equality before the law.
Drug control -- United States.
Drug control.
United States -- Race relations.
Race relations.
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