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Criminal Justice
Addressing Women's Incarceration: A National Survey of State Commissions and Task Forces on Women in the Criminal Justice System
Women's Prison Association.
"Operation Any Booking" Just Business as Usual
Piper, Bill.
The Sentencing Projects Shares New Insight on Women in the Criminal Justice System
The Sentencing Project. May 30, 2007.
Solving California's Corrections Crisis: Time is Running Out
Little Hoover Commission. January 2007.
The State Has Inadequately Maintained Its Major Investment in Prison Infrastructure
Evidence-Based Public Policy Options to Reduce Future Prison Construction, Criminal Justice Costs, and Crime Rates
Compiled by Washington Institute for Public Policy.
Legislative Analyst Office's Review of Budget Bill (Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
War on Crime, Not on Drugs
Stamper, Norm, Alternet. June 15, 2005.
Election 2002: Challenges Ahead
Beyond the Prison Gates: The State of Parole in America
Travis, Jeremy, et al.
Seeking Data on the Drug War's Child Casualties
Sanchez, George, Mother Jones. July 24, 2002.
Trends in State Parole, 1990-2000
Hughes, Timothy A., et al, Bureau of Justice Statistics. October 2001.
The Impact of Drug Enforcement on Crime: An Investigation of the Opportunity Cost of Police Resources
Benson, Bruce L, et al, Journal of Drug Issues. 2001; 31(4): pp. 989-1006.
High Dose Methadone Reduces Criminal Recidivism in Opiate Addicts
Bellin, Eran, et al, Addiction Research. 1999; 7(1): pp. 19-29.
Is the Drug War Racist?
Freedman, Samuel, Rolling Stone. May 14, 1998: pp. 35-37.
Experiment to Enhance the Reporting of Drug Use by Arrestees in Cleveland, Detroit, and Houston
Wish, Eric D, et al, Center for Substance Abuse Research. 1997.
Italian Referendum Deletes Criminal Sanctions For Drug Users
Arnao, Giancarlo, The Journal of Drug Issues. 1994; 24(3): pp. 483-487.
Essential Factors of a Rational Policy on Intoxicant Use
Zinberg, Norman E and Shaffer, Howard J, The Journal of Drug Issues. 1990; 20(4): pp. 619-627.
Shooting Up: Crime and the Drug Laws
Nadelmann, Ethan, New Republic. June 1988: pp. 16-17.
Savings in California Marijuana Law Enforcement Costs Attributable to the Moscone Act of 1976 — A Summary
Aldrich, Michael R and Mikuriya, Tod H, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 1988; 20(1): pp. 75-81.
The Legislative Response To Marihuana: When The Shoe Pinches Enough
Rosenthal, Michael P, Journal of Drug Issues. Winter 1977; 7(1): pp. 61-77.
Economics of the Drug War Bibliography
Jacobson, Mirelle and Johnson-Spence, Jennifer. Sept 2003.
Letter to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson on the Prison Reform Taskforce
Drug Policy Alliance New Mexico. July 17, 2008.
Marijuana Arrest Crusade
Levine, Harry G. and Small, Deborah Peterson. New York Civil Liberties Union, pp. 106. April 29, 2008.
An Analysis of Alternatives to New York City's Current Marijuana Arrest and Detention Policy
Johnson, Bruce D. and Golub, Andrew. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 25. October 6, 2007.
Life Sentences: The Collateral Sanctions Associated with Marijuana Offenses
Boire, JD, Richard G.. Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethic, pp. 19. July 2, 2007.
Reefer Madness: Broken Windows Policing and Misdemeanor Marijuana Arrests in New York City, 1989-2000
Harcourt, Bernard H. and Ludwig, Jens. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 165-182. February 14, 2007.
Efficacy and Impact: The Criminal Justice Response to Marijuana Policy in the U.S.
Ziedenberg, Jason and Colburn, Jason. Justice Policy Institute, pp. 24. August 25, 2005.
Criminologists and Punitive Drug Prohibition: To Serve or Challenge? Ethan Nadelmann writes about criminal justice and the drug war.
Nadelmann, Ethan A. New York, NY. American Society of Criminology, Criminology & Public Policy. October 6, 2004.
Rep. Mark Souder's Dear Colleague Letter in Support of Drug Sentencing Reform Act
Souder, Mark. November 19, 2003.
Crime & Punishment: The U.S. Criminal Justice System and Punitive Drug Laws
Drug Policy Alliance. June 2003.
Restoring Respect for Our Law, Our Communities, and Ourselves:
Earle, Ronald. Rice University Conference, Houston, TX. April 2002.
The Cultural Milieu of Criminology and Drug Research
Whiteacre, Kevin W.. Bloomington, IN. Indiana University. 2001.
Sentencing and Corrections in the 21st Century: Setting the Stage for the Future: Report Submitted to the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Program, U. S. Department of Justice
MacKenzie, Doris Layton.. 52. February 23 2000.
The Police Issue: The ReconsiDer Quarterly
ReconsiDer. 2000-2001.
The Drugs/Violence Nexus: A Tripartite Conceptual Framework
Goldstein, Paul J. Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 39, pp. 143-174. 1985.
Addressing Key Criminal Justice Issues in the 21st Century
Ross, Jackie, et al. New York, NY. Correctional Association of New York, pp. 17. February 2007.
The War on Drugs: Criminal Justice Perspectives. San Francisco, CA. March 8, 2000, 5-7pm.
Civil Society, Violent Crime, and the War on Drugs: What are the Facts, What is the Future?. NY. Thur, March 14, 1996, 3:30pm.
Civil Society, Violent Crime, and the War on Drugs: What are the Facts, What is the Future?. NY. Thur, March 14, 1996, 3:30pm.
The Social Transformation of Vice. NY. Wed, Dec 6, 1995, 4pm.
Whitner vs South Carolina, Petition for a Writ of Certiorari: Opinion
October Term 1997.
Debate: Ethan Nadelmann and James Q. Wilson
San Francisco; March 27, 2007.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition on Cultural Baggage [Audio]
Becker, Dean. Houston; December 7, 2004.
Judge James Gray, Judge Voigt & Les Ribnik on Cultural Baggage [Audio]
Becker, Dean. Houston; October 26, 2004.
Dr. Tom O'Connell and Howard Wooldridge on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; October 19, 2004.
Joe McNamara's Appearance on Cultural Baggage [Audio]
Becker, Dean. Houston; September 14, 2004.
Howard Wooldridge, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; August 31, 2004.
Harris Co. District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal on Cultural Baggage [Audio]
Becker, Dean. Houston, TX; June 15, 2004.
One District Attorney, One Texas Representative and Ralph Garcia on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; June 8, 2004.
Judge James P. Gray's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston; January 6, 2004.
Judge Eleanor Shockett's Appearance on Cultural Baggage
Becker, Dean. Houston, TX; November 18, 2003.
Excessive Force Used in Marijuana Arrests
Newman, Tony, AlterNet. September 10, 2007.
A New Bottom Line for the War on Drugs
Piper, Bill, Huffington Post. May 4, 2007.
A Foul Tragedy
Keillor, Garrison, In These Times. November 2, 2005.
Multilingual Poll of California Ethnic Groups on Criminal Justice Issues
New California Media. Feb 24, 2004.
Race, The War On Drugs And The United States Criminal Justice System
Compiled by Drug Policy Alliance. August, 2001.
Targeting Blacks: Drug Law Enforcement and Race in the United States
Gorwin, Ian and Baldwin, Clive, Eds. Human Rights Watch; May 1, 2008.
The Vortex: The Concentrated Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Countie
Washington, DC: Justice Policy Institute; December 4, 2007.
California's Criminal Justice System: A Primer
California Legislative Analyst's Office; January 31, 2007.
Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners, 2004
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics; October 2006.
Drug Offenders: Various Factors May Limit the Impacts of Federal Laws That Provide for Denial of Selected Benefits
Ekstrand, Laurie. Washington: Government Accountability Office; September 27, 2005.
Crimes of Indiscretion: Marijuana Arrests in the United States
Gettman, Jon, PhD B.. Washington: The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; March 11, 2005: pp. 204.
Drugs and Crime Across America: Police Chiefs Speak Out
Peter D. Hart Research Associates; December 3, 2004: pp. 25.
Difficult Times in Kentucky Corrections -- Aftershocks of a "Tough on Crime" Philosophy
Lawson, Robert G.. Kentucky Law Review; November 29, 2004.
The New Landscape of Imprisonment: Mapping America's Prison Expansion
Lawrence, Sarah, et al. Justice Policy Institute; April 2004: pp. 60.
Department of Justice Budget FY 2005
US Office of Management and Budget; 2004.
National Synthetic Drugs Action Plan: The Federal Government Response to the Production, Trafficking, and Abuse of Synthetic Drugs and Diverted Pharmaceutical Products
Office of National Drug Control Policy. Washington: Office of National Drug Control Policy; 2004: pp. 75.
Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001
Department of Justice; August 17, 2003.
Cutting Correctly: New Prison Policies for Times of Fiscal Crisis
Greene, Judith and Schiraldi, Vincent. Justice Policy Institute; 2003: pp. 38.
Drug Use and Justice: An Examination of California Drug Policy Enforcement
Male, PhD, Mike, et al. Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; December 2002: pp. 25.
Statistical Brief on Latinos and the Criminal Justice System
Arboleda, Angela. National Council of La Raza; July 2002.
Governmental Responses to Pregnant Women Who Use Alcohol or Other Drugs. Part 1
Paltrow, Lynn M, et al. Women's Law Project and National Advocates for Pregnant Women; October 2000.
TRIAD Drug Treatment Evaluation Project: Final Report of Three-Year Outcomes
Pelissier, Bernadette, et al. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of Prisons; September 2000: pp. 238.
Diminishing Returns: Crime and Incarceration in the 1990s
Gainsborough, Jenni, et al. The Sentencing Project; Sept 2000.
They Don't Become Angels: Part I
Edwards, Peter. Australia Britain Society, National Drug Crime Prevention Fund and the Tasmania Police; Feb 1997.
Young African Americans and the Criminal Justice System in California: Five Years Later
Schiraldi, Vincent, et al. Report from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice; February 1996.
Punishing Women for their Behavior During Pregnancy: An Approach That Undermines Women's Health and Children's Interests: Part I
The Center for Reproductive Law & Policy. New York: Center for Reproductive Law & Policy; 1996.
Policy Issues Concerning Women Offenders and Their Children
Owen, Barbara, California Legislative Women's Caucus Hearing on Incarcerated Mothers. Nov, 2001.