How the drug war ruins American lives /

This book reveals the disturbing truth about how the escalation of the War on Drugs over the past 30 years has eroded the human and property rights of Americans--while doing little to stop drug trafficking or use.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Benavie, Arthur (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2016]
Colección:Gale virtual reference library
Temas:
Drug control > United States.
Drug legalization > United States.
Drug testing > United States.
Social problems > United States.
Lutte antidrogue > États-Unis.
Drogues > Légalisation > États-Unis.
Toxicomanie > Dépistage > États-Unis.
Problèmes sociaux > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Drug control
Drug legalization
Drug testing
Social problems
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Policing for profit
  • The license to steal
  • Traffic stops
  • Houses arrested
  • Swat raids
  • Random drug sweeps
  • Racial injustice
  • Shutting the courthouse door
  • Racial disparities
  • Police bias in seattle
  • Police bias in New York
  • Covert operators
  • Criminal informants
  • Undercover police
  • Citizenship barriers
  • The criminal population
  • Invisible punishments
  • Drug testing
  • Drug testing students
  • Employee drug testing
  • Is the war ending?
  • Good news!
  • The war's beneficiaries
  • Summary and conclusions
  • Inevitable damages
  • Drug war benefits?
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.

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