{"product_id":"how-the-drug-war-ruins-american-lives-9781440850110","title":"How the Drug War Ruins American Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book reveals the disturbing truth about how the escalation of the War on Drugs over the past 30 years has eroded the human and property rights of Americanswhile doing little to stop drug trafficking or use.\u003c\/b\u003eUnique in its perspective, this eye-opening book looks at the drug war as a rights issue and concludes that Americans'' civil liberties are clearly being violated. The volume proceeds from two premises: that over the past 30 years, America''s War on Drugs has done more harm than good; and that if the United States is going to reform the criminal justice system, the public must understand that this war is empowered by the profits it provides to law enforcement and other groups. A central factor causing the upsurge in the drug war, the author explains, is the fact that laws were passed in the 1980s that allowed law enforcement to profit from seizing property based on scanty evidence and without criminal charges. His meticulous research has revealed that this policing for pr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSumming Up: Recommended. All levels\/libraries. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eTop Community College Resource, September 2016 * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction \u003cb\u003ePart I Policing for Profit\u003c\/b\u003e 1 The License to Steal 2 Traffic Stops 3 Houses Arrested 4 SWAT Raids 5 Random Drug Sweeps \u003cb\u003ePart II Racial Injustice\u003c\/b\u003e 6 Shutting the Courthouse Door 7 Racial Disparities 8 Police Bias in Seattle 9 Police Bias in New York \u003cb\u003ePart III Covert Operators\u003c\/b\u003e 10 Criminal Informants 11 Undercover Police \u003cb\u003ePart IV Citizenship Barriers\u003c\/b\u003e 12 The Criminal Population 13 Invisible Punishments \u003cb\u003ePart V Drug Testing\u003c\/b\u003e 14 Drug Testing Students 15 Employee Drug Testing \u003cb\u003ePart VI Is the War Ending?\u003c\/b\u003e 16 Good News! 17 The War's Beneficiaries \u003cb\u003ePart VII Summary and Conclusions\u003c\/b\u003e 18 Inevitable Damages 19 Drug War Benefits? Notes Selected Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084928184663,"sku":"9781440850110","price":43.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781440850110.jpg?v=1762207596","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-the-drug-war-ruins-american-lives-9781440850110","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}