An Analysis of U.S. Drug Policy: Its Effect on Communities of Color and a Path to End the War on Drugs

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dc.contributor.advisorTippet, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Alexis
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-06T22:01:33Z
dc.date.available2018-09-06T22:01:33Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-06
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the history of legal and illegal narcotics in the United States. This thesis explores the impact criminalizing drug use has on communities of color. The current criminal justice system seeks to correct behavior society and the law deems deviant but has not proven to be effective as shown by rates of recidivism. The present research uses a literature review to investigate how alternative dispute resolution practices and prison abolition meet the needs of the criminal justice system. The purpose of this thesis is to examine two proposed reforms: one that would abolish prison sentences except in cases where offenders pose a high risk to public safety, and another that would employ conflict resolution techniques to serve the retributive, and rehabilitative purposes of the criminal sanction. This thesis will suggest that these proposed reforms, if undertaken concurrently, will likely shrink the US prison population while advancing penal goals.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/23806
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US
dc.subjectCritical Race Theoryen_US
dc.subjectDrug Policyen_US
dc.subjectMarijuana Prohibitionen_US
dc.subjectPrison Abolitionen_US
dc.subjectPrison Reformen_US
dc.subjectWar on Drugsen_US
dc.titleAn Analysis of U.S. Drug Policy: Its Effect on Communities of Color and a Path to End the War on Drugs
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineConflict and Dispute Resolution Program
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.S.

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