Black Silent Majority
The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Criminal law, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Michael Javen Fortner | ISBN: | 9780674496101 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | September 7, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Javen Fortner |
| ISBN: | 9780674496101 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | September 7, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Aggressive policing and draconian sentencing have disproportionately imprisoned millions of African Americans for drug-related offenses. Michael Javen Fortner shows that in the 1970s these punitive policies toward addicts and pushers enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks, angry about the chaos in their own neighborhoods.
Aggressive policing and draconian sentencing have disproportionately imprisoned millions of African Americans for drug-related offenses. Michael Javen Fortner shows that in the 1970s these punitive policies toward addicts and pushers enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks, angry about the chaos in their own neighborhoods.
