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State Drug Sentencing Policy and Its Impact on Public Opinion : Variations in Support for Police and the Criminal Courts by Race and Gender
Frost, Ann C. - 2011
In the 1970s the United States government initiated the 'War on Drugs'. Soon after, states enacted legislation imposing harsh sentences for drug offenders. The public quickly voiced objections to the impacts of the sentencing laws. States changed their laws, claiming the changes were a response...
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Gender and race heterogeneity : the impact of students with limited English on native students' performance
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - In: The American economic review 104 (2014) 5, pp. 412-417
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Access to credit by small businesses : how relevant are race, ethnicity, and gender?
Asiedu, Elizabeth; Freeman, James A.; Nti-Addae, Akwasi - In: The American economic review 102 (2012) 3, pp. 532-537
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Race and gender differences under federal sentencing guidelines
Sorensen, Todd; Sarnikar, Supriya; Oaxaca, Ronald L. - In: The American economic review 102 (2012) 3, pp. 256-260
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Gender, Race, and Un/Governability : Mothers, Militance, and the Politics of Disturbance in the U.S. Welfare Rights Movement
Sparks, Holloway - 2011
Dissident citizens (Sparks 1997) who deliberately disturb the political 'peace' frequently confront powerful charges of antidemocratic disruption and disloyalty that invoke the specter of ungovernability and a wholesale slide into frightening political chaos. These charges can be directed at...
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Sex Trafficking : The Nexus between Poverty, Violence Against Women and Corruption in Mexico
Clark, Jennifer - 2011
The recent surge in violence in Mexico highlighted the economic and political stress faced by the most vulnerable …: poverty, systematic apathy towards violence against women, and government corruption, to the study of sex trafficking in … economic issues such as poverty levels, unemployment, perceptions of government corruption, and relative impunity for violence …
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When is a Rapist a Sex Offender? Prosecuting Sex Crimes after Megan's Law
Corrigan, Rose - 2011
justice response to sexual violence …
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