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4%, among whites, it was 7.2%, and was 6.4% among Hispanics, yet African-Americans represent more than 57% of those incarcerated for drug offenses in state prisons (Coker pp). Police officers are more likely to stop African-Americans for traffic stops and once stopped, officers are more likely to search the vehicles of African-Americans. According to the 2001 traffic stop data in San Diego, African-American drivers had a sixty percent greater chance and Hispanic drivers had a thirty-seven percent greater chance of being stopped compare to white drivers, and once stopped, African-American drivers were more likely to have their vehicles searched (Coker pp). Many believe that this increased opportunity to discover criminal offending is a significant reason for the disproportionate rate of arrest and incarceration of African-Americans (Coker pp).

Drug enforcement concentrated in poor inner city areas populated predominately by African-Americans and other people of color results in deepened social disorganization in already...

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Due to the incarceration rates, these communities will have higher levels of unemployment, low economic status, family disruption, and those convicted will be prevented from obtaining student financial aid, welfare assistance for their children, or public housing (Coker pp). And experiences of prison violence coupled with the stresses of adjustment to life outside of prison may increase the risk of domestic violence for many families (Coker pp). Moreover, felon disenfranchisement results in a concentration of neighborhood residents who cannot vote, thus diluting the political power of the entire neighborhood (Coker pp).
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Banks, R. Richard. (2003 December 01). Beyond profiling: race, policing, and the drug war. Stanford Law Review. Retrieved October 12, 2005 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.

Coker, Donna. (2003 June 22). Foreword: addressing the real world of racial injustice in the criminal justice system. Journal of Criminal Law and…

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Works Cited

Banks, R. Richard. (2003 December 01). Beyond profiling: race, policing, and the drug war. Stanford Law Review. Retrieved October 12, 2005 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.

Coker, Donna. (2003 June 22). Foreword: addressing the real world of racial injustice in the criminal justice system. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Retrieved October 12, 2005 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.


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