Locking Up Our Own
About This Book
Incarcerating Our Communities (2017) examines how the drug war unfolded in Washington, DC, and profoundly affected Black Americans. The book analyzes major legislation on drugs and firearms from the 1970s to the late 1990s, revealing how these laws transformed law enforcement practices and concentrated criminal justice efforts within Black neighborhoods.
Who Should Read This?
- Readers seeking to understand America’s drug war history
- People exploring police relations with Black communities
- Students of criminal justice policy and its effects on marginalized populations
- Those examining urban crime patterns in late 20th-century America
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