RACIAL DISPARITY WITHIN U.S. DRUG POLICY
An Interdisciplinary Research Project
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“The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.”
-Dorothy Day, 1956.
ABOUT PROJECT
A series of law enforcement and sentencing policy changes of the “tough on crime” era resulted in dramatic growth in incarceration. Today, there are more people behind bars for a drug offense than the number of people who were in prison or jail for any crime in 1980. In this project, I'll present an overview of the factors that contribute to racial disparity in the justice system, and then it will recommend changes in policy and practice that could reduce these disparities without compromising public safety.