The Vortex: The Concentrated Racial Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties

Contributing Organization(s): Justice Policy Institute

Author(s)/Creator(s): Phillip Beatty; Amanda Petteruti; Jason Ziedenberg

Publishing Date: 2007-12-01

Issue Areas: Crime and Safety; Prison Reform

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This report describes the relationship between drug admission rates and the structural and demographic characteristics of counties -- budgets and spending for law enforcement, unemployment rates, poverty rates, and the percentage of the population that is African American.

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