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Research Bulletin (2 2004, 10 January)
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This report, Disproportionate incarceration of African Americans for Drug offenses in the U.S., which is the first in a series, discusses national trends in arrests and incarcerations for drug offenses and describes the growth in the countrys prison population attributable mainly to increases in the number of persons sentenced to prison for drug offenses. It also demonstrates that African Americans are many more times likely than non-African Americans to be sentenced to prison for such crimes. Finally, the report discusses how racial disproportionality in drug law enforcement, prosecution, and sentencing practices has adversely affected the African American community.
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- 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: Crime: Anti-drug programs
- Law enforcement and the courts: Crime: Recidivism
- Law enforcement and the courts: Sentencing
- Social issues and programs: Civil and human rights: Discrimination
- State government: State audits and studies
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.Disproportionate incarceration of AfricanAmericans for drug offenses in the U.S. By Arthur J. Lurigio, Ph.D., Loyola University Chicagoand TASC, Inc. Vol. 2, No. January 2004 Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Research Bulletin ince the 1980s, an overwhelming emphasis on law enforcement strategies to combat illegal drug use and sales has resulted in dramatic increases in the nation's arrest and incarceration rates. Rates of arrest and incarceration for drug offenses continued at record pace into the st century, while general population surveys reported declines in illegal drug use in the United States during the 1990s (Tonry, 1999). Drug offenses have been among the largest categories of arrests since the 1980s. From 1980 to 2000, for example, arrests for drug offenses more than doubled. In 2000 alone, more than 1.5 million persons were arrested for drug offenses more than fourfifths for drug possession (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2002b).1 The enforcement of drug laws
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