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Studies, Articles, and Publications


Commentary, Publications & Reports

The_Fair_Sentencing_Act.pdf
Congressional Record - July 28, 2010


Federal Crack Cocaine Sentencing
The Sentencing Project - 2009

Congressional Testimony of Grover G. Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, about repealing mandatory minimum sentences

United States House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security -July 14, 2009

Restoring Fairness to Federal Sentencing:  Addressing the Crack-Powder Disparity
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary - April, 2009

Religiosity_and_Drug_Use.pdf
Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 38, No. 3 - 2008


Correcting Course:  Lessons from the 1970 Repeal of Mandatory Minimums

By Molly M. Gill - Families Against Mandatory Minimums, - 2008


A 25 Year Quagmire
Marc Mauer and Ryan S. King, The Sentencing Project - 2007

Hearing on Cracked Justice - Addressing the Unfairness in Cocaine Sentencing
United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary - 2008

Federal Crack Cocaine Sentencing
The Sentencing Project - 2008

Disparity by Design
Justice Policy Institute - 2006

Frequently Asked Questions about Crack Amendment Retroactivity
Families Against Mandatory Minimums - 2008

Hearing on "Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Laws - The Issues
The Sentencing Project - 2007

The Vortex:  The Concentrated Racial Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties
Justice Policy Institute - 2007

Targeting Blacks:  Drug Law Enforcement and Race in the United States
Human Rights Watch - 2008

Getting Justice Off Its Junk Food Diet
Eric. E. Sterling, The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation - 2006

Geographical Disparity
Ryan S. King, The Sentencing Project - 2008

Maryland's Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing Laws:  Their Impact on Incarceration, State Resources, and Communities of Color
Justice Policy Institute - 2007

Research & Statistics

Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America's Prison Population
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) - February 2010

Drug Courts:  A Review of the Evidence
By Ryan King and Jill Pasquarella, The Sentencing Project - 2009

Drug Courts:  The Second Decade
National Institute of Justice - 2006

Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations
National Institute on Drug Abuse

Treatment Drug Courts:  Integrating Substance Abuse Treatment with Legal Case Processing
Kevin M. Sherin and Barry Mahoney, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 2002

Life Sentences:  Denying Welfare Benefits to Women Convicted of Drug Offenses
The Sentencing Project - 2006

Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety
Justice Policy Institute - 2008

To Treat or Not to Treat:  Evidence on the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved Offenders
Avinash Singh Bhati, John K. Roman, and Aaron Chalfin, Urban Institute - 2008

Report to Congress on the Feasability of Federal Drug Courts
U.S. Department of Justice - 2006

Treatment or Incarceration?
By Doug McVay, Vincent Schiraldi, and Jason Ziedenberg, Justice Policy Institute - 2004