Marijuana arrest crusade
Subtitle: racial bias and police policy in New York City 1997-2007
By: Harry G. Levine and Deborah Peterson Small
Contributors: Peterson Small, Deborah; New York Civil Liberties Union
Publisher: New York Civil Liberties Union
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Marijuana Smoking; Marijuana abuse; Legislation & jurisprudence; Law Enforcement; Minority Groups; Arrest; Prejudice; Discrimination in law enforcement; Ethnic Groups
Notes: Cover title.

"April 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-102).

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Table of contents: title: Introduction and Summary; title: 1. New York City's Marijuana Possession Arrests And Their Racial Bias; title: 2. The Usefulness of Marijuana Arrests To The Police Has The NYPD Become Addicted to Marijuana Arrests?; title: 3. Police Searches of Pockets and Possessions; title: 4. Narcotics Patrols In A Sealed System; title: 5. Dropsy Arrests: How Pot In A Pocket Becomes Marijuana "Burning Or Open To Public View"; title: 6. Costs and Consequences For New York City: An Expensive Waste of Time; title: 7. Head Start For Unemployment and Prison: The Impact of Marijuana Arrests On Black And Latino Youth; title: 8. New York Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession Rockefeller Drug Laws and New York Marijuana Reform in the 1970s; title: 9. Recommendations; title: Appendices; title: Notes and Sources.