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UNINA9910819817303321 |
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Titolo |
Something's in the air : race, crime, and the legalization of marijuana / / edited by Katherine Tate, James Lance Taylor, and Mark Q. Sawyer |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-01705-0 |
1-135-01706-9 |
0-203-75838-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (385 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SawyerMark Q. <1972-> |
TateKatherine |
TaylorJames Lance |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drug legalization - Social aspects - United States |
Marijuana - United States |
African Americans - Drug use |
Hispanic Americans - Drug use |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States |
Minorities - United States - Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Editors' Introduction: Ending a War or Just California Dreamin'?; This Is Our Exit Strategy: The Case for Legalization; California Dreamin': The Case against Cannabis; The Chapters in This Volume; Notes; 1. Criminal Justice Costs of Prohibiting Marijuana in California; Existing Estimates of the Cost Marijuana Prohibition Imposes on California; Calculating the Costs for 2010; Community Corrections; Other Costs; Results; Discussion; Notes; 2. Public-Health Considerations in the Legalization Debate |
Drugs, Drug Laws, and African AmericansCase Study: Marijuana Arrests in Illinois; Marijuana and the Community Justice Model; Other Public-Health Impacts of Criminalizing Marijuana; Conclusion; Notes; 3. The Paths Not (Yet) Taken: Lower Risk Alternatives to Full-Market Legalization of Cannabis; Reflections on Prop 19; Home Cultivation; |
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The Dutch Cannabis Coffee-Shop System; Cannabis Clubs and Licensing Models; Conclusions; Notes; 4. Why Did Proposition 19 Fail?; Theoretical Foundations; Our Survey; Statewide Electoral Data; Conclusion; Notes |
5. Winds of Change: Black Opinion on Legalizing MarijuanaGrowing Support in the Black Community; Explaining Black Support for the Legalization of Marijuana; Conclusion: A New Direction in the Debate; 6. The Highs and Lows of Support for Marijuana Legalization Among White Americans; Modern Debates over Marijuana Legalization; Generational Explanations are Insufficient; Putting the Marijuana Debate in Context; The Emergence of Medical Marijuana; Conclusion and Discussion; Notes; 7. Building Minority Community Power Through Legalization; Black Deviance-White Innocence |
The Blumstein Effect: The Problem with Race Disproportionality and the War on DrugsGetting High versus Getting Free: Legalization as a Step toward Carceral System Reform; Conclusion; Notes; 8. The Latino Politics of Proposition 19: Criminal Justice and Immigration; The Anti-Mexican History of Marijuana Laws; Criminal Justice Politics; Immigration Politics; Conclusion; Notes; 9. No Half-Measures: Mexico's Quixotic Policy on California's Proposition 19; Mexico's Battle against Organized Crime; U.S. Cooperation in the Drug War; Mexico as a Consumer Nation; Previous Mexican Drug Decriminalization |
Mexican Voices for Change in Drug PolicyQuestionable Potential of Proposition 19; Tracing CalderoĢn's Statements on Proposition 19; An International Drug Prohibition Regime Change; Other Expert Analyses; Conclusions; Notes; 10. The "Chronic" and Coercion: Exploring How Legalizing Marijuana Might Get the U.S. Government off the Backs and Throats of Americans (or, Not); The War against the Chronic (or, the Chronic War); Legalization; Drug "Wars" and Breaking Blacks: On Disciplining and Punishing; Chronic Conclusions; Notes; References; List of Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this volume, contributors ask how would marijuana legalization affect communities of color? This timely collection of original essays analyzes the policy debate by a range of scholars addressing political, economic, health, and empowerment issues. |
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