Drug Use, Drug Possession Arrests, and the Question of Race: Lessons from Seattle

By K. Beckett, Kris Nyrop, Lori Pfingst, M. Bowen. 2005

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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RACE, DRUGS, AND POLICING: UNDERSTANDING DISPARITIES IN DRUG DELIVERY ARRESTS* (2006, background): “These results thus provide further evidence that law enforcement’s focus on crack offenders may be an important cause of racial disparity in drug arrests (see also Beckett et al., 2005).”
The Sociology of Discrimination: Racial Discrimination in Employment, Housing, Credit, and Consumer Markets. (2008, background): “…a vastly disproportionate effect on African Americans.9 Currently, nearly one out of three young black men will spend time in prison during his 9The case of drug policy and enforcement is one area for which evidence of direct racial discrimination is stronger (see Beckett et al. 2005, Tonry 1995).”
The Race of a Criminal Record: How Incarceration Colors Racial Perceptions (2010, unknown): “Beckett et al. (2005) show that who police officers “saw” as drug dealers and in which neighborhoods they chose to look had dramatic effects on the racial composition of drug arrests in the city.”
Examining Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests (2015, methodology): “These findings are consistent with those from previous research addressing racial disparities in drug arrest (Beckett et al., 2005; 2006; Ramchand et al. 2006) that have found that racial disparities in drug arrest are only partially explained by race differences in drug offending.”
The color of punishment: African Americans, skin tone, and the criminal justice system (2018, background): “Studies also suggest that blacks are more likely to be arrested than whites, even after taking factors such as drug use and/or the incidence of drug-related into offending into account (Beckett et al. 2005; Mitchell and Caudy 2015).”
Big Data Surveillance: The Case of Policing (2017, background): “…recorded (Duster 1997); individuals and groups who do not trust the police are less likely to report crimes (Sampson and Bar-tusch 1998); and police focus their attention and resources on black communities at a disproportionately high rate relative to drug use and crime rates (Beckett et al. 2005).”
Media Consumption, Perceptions of Crime Risk and Fear of Crime: Examining Race/Ethnic Differences (2012, background): “…justice system including traffic and field interrogation stops, arrests, access to adequate legal defense, disparate sentencing, wrongful convictions, and the impact of drug laws (Beckett et al. 2005; Engel, Calnon, and Bernard 2002; Kanshal 2005; Parker, Dewees, and Radelet 2001; Tonry 1995).”