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Disproportionate Incarceration of African Americans for Drug Crimes: The Illinois Perspective (covers 2000)
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2000
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In their 2000 study, the Human Rights Watch found that Illinois ranked first in the country with respect to Black-White disparities in prison sentences for drug crimes. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority awarded a small grant to TASC for a preliminary investigation of racial disproportionality in sentencing for drug crimes. The current report is the third in a series of publications that highlight the disproportionate incarceration of African Americans for drug crimes in Illinois. The purpose of the current report is to describe the results of analyses of statewide data in order to test whether Human Rights Watchs findings on disproportionality were replicable and to consider a few hypotheses thatsuggest explanations for the arrest and imprisonment data and provide a basis for future discussions of remedies for racial sentencing disparities.
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- Health and medicine: Diseases: Alcohol and drug abuse
- Information management and resources: Information resources: Government statistics: Crime statistics
- Information management and resources: Information resources: Government statistics: Demographic statistics
- Law enforcement and the Courts
- Law enforcement and the courts: Sentencing
- State government: State audits and studies
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.TASC, Inc. MELODY M. HEAPS, PRESIDENT The Disproportionate Incarceration of African Americans for Drug Crimes: The Illinois Perspective Prepared by Arthur J. Lurigio, Ph.D. Loyola University Chicago TASC, Inc. Mary Harkenrider, J.D. TASC Consultant and Pamela Loose, M.A. University of Chicago November 2005 This program was supported by Grant 02-DB-BX-0017 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Points of view or opinions contained within this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice or the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The disproportionate incarceration of African Americans for drug-law violations has been documented in numerous studies For example, the Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York City-based organization that investigates human rights violations a
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Phone: (312) 793-8550
Fax: (312) 793-8422
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