RT Article
T1 The effect of marijuana legalization on jail populations in Washington State
JF The prison journal
VO 100
IS 4
SP 510
OP 530
A1 Stanton, Duane
A1 Mei, Xiahon
A1 Kim, Sohee
A2 Mei, Xiahon
A2 Kim, Sohee
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1800308043
AB In 2012, Washington State legalized the production, sale, and possession of marijuana through Initiative 502. Advocates of legalization argued that it would decrease the jail population and reduce the disproportionate incarceration of minorities, reasoning that the police would refocus their resources on other matters. In order to evaluate this assumption, we examined jail booking data using a set of interrupted time-series regression models. Our findings indicate that jail population trends differ among counties across time and with respect to impacts on minorities and women. With regard to ethnic and racial disproportionate impact, there appears to be little positive change.
K1 Marijuana
K1 Jails
K1 Minorities
K1 Women
K1 Race