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2011
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Cracked Justice
By Porter, Nicole D.; Wright, Valarie.
The Sentencing Project (Washington, DC).
Thirteen states have sentencing disparities between cocaine involved offenses, anywhere from 2- to 75-1 ratios of powder to crack. For instance, the same sentence is given in Missouri for selling 449 grams of powder cocaine as for selling two grams of crack cocaine. The critical need to address the disproportion between sentences applied to crack cocaine and powder cocaine offenses is explained. “Fiscal pressure to tighten state corrections budgets, along with mounting evidence documenting the u... Read More
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18 pages
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2010
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Proposition 36
Los Angeles County Public Health. Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (Los Angeles, CA).
This website provides answers to questions about California’s Proposition 36, in particular its operation in Los Angeles County.... Read More
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2 p.
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2009
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The Future of Sentencing in New York State: Recommendations for Reform
New York State Commission on Sentencing Reform (Albany, NY).
Strategies for simplifying New York State's sentencing process are explained. Eight parts follow an executive summary: criminal sentencing in New York State -- a historical overview; greater simplicity in sentencing; a measured approach to reforming New York's drug laws; using evidence-based practices to improve offender outcomes; expanding successful Department of Correctional Services' programs; crime victims and sentencing; planning for the future -- a permanent Sentencing Commission for New... Read More
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256 p.
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2009
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The Failure of the War on Drugs: Charting a New Course for the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Bar Association. Drug Policy Task Force (Boston, MA).
The need to reevaluate drug sentencing practices that can be replaced with sentencing alternatives that meet the same public safety concerns at better levels of effectiveness is explained. Six sections follow an executive summary: introduction; prevention and education -- saving lives and saving dollars; reforming punitive sentencing; treatment works; conclusions -- a diagnosis of policy flaws; and recommendations -- a new direction. "By re-shaping drug policies to make them less punitive, more... Read More
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56 p.
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2009
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A Century of International Drug Control
By Pietschmann, Thomas; Tullis, Melissa; Leggett, Theodore.
United Nations. Office on Drugs and Crime (Vienna, Austria).
Sections following an executive summary are: the drug situation prior to the establishment of an international drug control system; the emergence of the international drug control consensus; the development of the legal framework and codification of the international control system; international drug control under the auspices of the United Nations; drug trends over a century of drug control; and achievements and unintended consequences of the international drug control system, such as an impos... Read More
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101 p.
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2008
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From Inception to Implementation: How SACPA Has Affected the Case Processing and Sentencing of Drug Offenders in One California County
By Gardiner, Christine Lynn.
National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC).
A case study approach is used "to determine how [California's] drug offender case processing and sentencing patterns changed as a result of SACPA [Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act] and to examine how the criminal justice system responded to this legislation" (p. 2). Seven chapters follow an abstract and introduction: the law and the literature; research design and methodology; Proposition 36 (aka SACPA) and the Orange County experience; impact on law enforcement officers and agencies; i... Read More
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302 p.
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2008
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Drug Law Reform 2008 -- Dramatic Costs Savings for New York State
Legal Action Center (New York, NY).
Cost savings from the implementation of reforms to New York's Rockefeller Drug laws are determined. Sections following an executive summary include: in sum; background -- the problem; drug law reform efforts; methodology; results for the cost of incarceration, cost of treatment, DTAP screening costs, treatment graduation rates, collateral benefits, cost of failure; cost savings estimate; and conclusion. A savings of $270,279,000 a year is estimated.... Read More
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11 p.
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