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

by Amanda Petteruti; Jason Ziedenberg; Phillip Beatty

Dec 1, 2007

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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.

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

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Title: The Vortex: The Concentrated Racial Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties
Publication date 2007-12-01
Publication year 2007
Authors Amanda Petteruti , Jason Ziedenberg , Phillip Beatty
Copyright holder(s) Justice Policy Institute
Keywords drug offenses , admission rates , prison for drug , rates , admission
Document type Report/Whitepaper , Text
Language English
URL: https://www.issuelab.org/resource/the-vortex-the-concentrated-racial-impact-of-drug-imprisonment-and-the-characteristics-of-punitive-counties.html
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