Drug use, drug possession arrests, and the question of race: Lessons from Seattle
Drug use, drug possession arrests, and the question of race: Lessons from Seattle
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DOI：
10.1525/sp.2005.52.3.419
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发表时间：
2005-08-01
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Bowen, M
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作者：
Beckett, K;Nyrop, K;Bowen, M
许多分析人士认为，最有害的毒品使用形式不成比例地集中在贫困的有色人种社区，这种模式加上执法部门倾向于关注户外毒品活动，解释了毒品逮捕中的种族差异。另一些人则认为，黑人和拉丁美洲人的毒品逮捕率相对较高，是毒品战争的设计者或副手的种族偏见或种族主义意图造成的。本文提供了另一种解释种族差异的毒品逮捕在西雅图，华盛顿。具体而言，我们认为，种族化的图像周围的毒品一般，特别是快克可卡因有长期的制度和文化的影响，继续塑造警察的观念和做法，这些影响解释了很大的差异，特点是毒品拥有在西雅图。
Many analysts have argued that the most harmful forms of drug use are disproportionately concentrated in poor communities of color, and that this pattern-combined with law enforcement's tendency to focus on outdoor drug activity-explains racial disparity in drug arrests. Others contend that comparatively high black and Latino drug arrest rates result from racial bias or racist intent on the part of the architects or lieutenants of the drug war. This article offers an alternative explanation of racial disparity in drug arrests in Seattle, Washington. Specifically, we argue that the racialization of imagery surrounding drugs in general and crack cocaine in particular had long-lasting institutional and cultural effects that continue to shape police perceptions and practices, and that these effects explain much of the disparity that characterizes drug possession in Seattle.