A Pound of Flesh
The Psychological, Familial and Social Consequences of Mandatory Long-Term Sentencing Laws for Drug Offenses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15413754 |
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| Authors | Carl Mazza (City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 65-81 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1533-256X • E-ISSN: 1533-2578 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j160v04n03_05 |
| OpenAlex | W1520649805 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Since the 1970s individual states in the United States have enacted mandatory long-term sentencing laws for drug offenses. These laws resulted in a 12-fold increase in prison population. The majority of people sentenced under these laws are nonviolent, first-time felony offenders with no or minimal drug use history. Based on open-ended qualitative interviews with 12 formerly incarcerated men and women sentenced for 15–20 years under these laws, the author describes the psychological, familial and social consequences of these mandatory long-term sentencing laws for drug offenses
Criminal justice · Criminology · Political science · Population · Pound (networking · Prison · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · Law · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
| Highly cited | No |
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