Sentencing reforms and the War on Drugs: an analysis of sentence outcomes for narcotics offenders adjudicated in U. S. District Courts on the Southwest border
Sentencing reforms and the war on drugs have greatly changed the landscape of federal sentencing and the composition of the federal prison population. As of 2006, 56% of federal prison inmates were incarcerated for narcotics offenses. The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, the United States Sentencing C...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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Journal of contemporary criminal justice
Year: 2008, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 437-461 |
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