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June 2008
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'30 Years of Failure' A conversation about the war on drugs with Ed Burns, co-creator of The Wire. |
Reason
October 2004
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David Simon Says The creator of HBO's The Wire talks about the decline of American journalism, the failure of the drug war, and a new kind of TV. |
Salon.com
June 29, 2002
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"What drugs have not destroyed, the war on them has" David Simon, creator of the searing new HBO series "The Wire," on why even the best cop shows are phony and our anti-drug mania amounts to a permanent war against the underclass. |
Information Today
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Gale Debuts 19th-Century Crime and Punishment Collection Gale launched Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920, its new primary-source archive of more than 2 million pages of material on 19th-century history, literature, law, and criminal justice. |
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January 2002
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Battlefield Conversions Reason talks with three ex-warriors who now fight against the War on Drugs... |
Salon.com
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Send the bastards to jail! Unlike the majority of nonviolent drug cases, corporate wrongdoers rarely do any time behind bars. |
National Defense
March 2009
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Noted Police Chief Slams Federal-Local Partnerships The man who led the local police response to the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon hopes the new administration does a better job of coordinating counterterrorism efforts with local law enforcement. |
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You're Doing It Wrong Police in northern Idaho arrested a robber accused of demanding a controlled drug from a pharmacy, then throwing cash on the counter before fleeing. |
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July 2008
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Striking Distance Few states have enforced the "three strikes" law with as much zeal as California. But thanks to perverse incentives built into the legislation, the law may encourage some of those offenders to commit more-violent crimes in the future. |
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"Arrest Me!" A man rebuffed in an attempt to get arrested, finally got his wish when he went for an officer's handgun. |
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One Database Under the Law Within the next few years the Justice Department will build an unprecedented network of databases from the FBI, the DEA, the ATF, the Bureau of Prisons, and the US Marshals Service. |
Reason
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Little Criminals Locking up bad kids with bad adults has long been recognized as counterproductive. Yet a recent report from the Justice Policy Institute reveals that many states simply do not have enough juvenile detention slots for young offenders, even those who commit nonviolent crimes. |
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Theology 101 Police in Kentucky said a man who smashed a window at a car dealership claimed he was following a higher calling. |
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Breaking Curfew Citing the European Convention on Human Rights, a 15-year-old brought an anti-curfew suit against the London suburb of Richmond and the Metropolitan Police, and convinced Lord Justice Brooke that he has the right to "walk the streets without interference from police." |
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Taking it from the streets Philly police face ugly allegations after hundreds of protesters are detained for more than two days. |
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National Criminal Justice Database Now Available From EBSCO The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts database is now available from EBSCO Publishing. |
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National Defense
October 2013
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