Understanding the impact of American drug laws created as part of the War on Drugs is vital for social workers in their pursuit for social justice and effective advocacy. This policy analysis utilizes the David Gil policy analysis framework (1970) to evaluate the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 and the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. These two laws concerned mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine. This research seeks to compare and contrast the history behind these laws, their intended and unintended consequences, and the values underlying these laws. This analysis shows the Anti-Drug Abuse Act and the Fair Sentencing Act had a disparate impact on African American communities. African American communities suffered the unintended consequence...
This study examines how the media has been used to perpetuate White privilege in the criminal justic...
I begin by addressing drug use and how it impacts individuals’ economic outcomes, through psychologi...
thesisThe link between substance abuse and child maltreatment has only reached the policy level in t...
This research examines the harmful effects of the war on drugs with specific importance placed on ra...
The now-infamous “War on Drugs” campaign of the 1980s culminated in the adoption of the Anti-Drug Ab...
This study will attempt to determine the direct and indirect consequences of Federal mandatory minim...
This is a qualitiative study that examines the assertions made by other legal scholars that minority...
This thesis regards the history and politics surrounding the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act and the transf...
Over the last forty years, perhaps no issue has affected the United States’s criminal justice system...
In 1986, the United States government attempted to combat the perceived war on drugs by enacting man...
For decades, the United States has fought a “War on Drugs” with no success. This war has led to subs...
This thesis analyzes the role of drugs in federal policy, specifically as a topic of presidential di...
The War on Drugs is a battle that has been fought within the United States for fifty years now; howe...
Despite over two decades of focused government efforts, drug use and related problems persist in the...
This article examines Kimbrough’s effect on crack cocaine sentencing. Part I discusses the rise of c...
This study examines how the media has been used to perpetuate White privilege in the criminal justic...
I begin by addressing drug use and how it impacts individuals’ economic outcomes, through psychologi...
thesisThe link between substance abuse and child maltreatment has only reached the policy level in t...
This research examines the harmful effects of the war on drugs with specific importance placed on ra...
The now-infamous “War on Drugs” campaign of the 1980s culminated in the adoption of the Anti-Drug Ab...
This study will attempt to determine the direct and indirect consequences of Federal mandatory minim...
This is a qualitiative study that examines the assertions made by other legal scholars that minority...
This thesis regards the history and politics surrounding the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act and the transf...
Over the last forty years, perhaps no issue has affected the United States’s criminal justice system...
In 1986, the United States government attempted to combat the perceived war on drugs by enacting man...
For decades, the United States has fought a “War on Drugs” with no success. This war has led to subs...
This thesis analyzes the role of drugs in federal policy, specifically as a topic of presidential di...
The War on Drugs is a battle that has been fought within the United States for fifty years now; howe...
Despite over two decades of focused government efforts, drug use and related problems persist in the...
This article examines Kimbrough’s effect on crack cocaine sentencing. Part I discusses the rise of c...
This study examines how the media has been used to perpetuate White privilege in the criminal justic...
I begin by addressing drug use and how it impacts individuals’ economic outcomes, through psychologi...
thesisThe link between substance abuse and child maltreatment has only reached the policy level in t...