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Download full textChaiken, Jan; McDonald, Douglas – 1988
This report looks at what happens to individuals arrested at the federal level for drug crimes, including the number of drug offenders who are prosecuted and convicted, the types of sentences they receive, the amount of time they actually serve in prisons, and their rates of recidivism after release from prison. Data are presented which indicate…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Drug Legislation, Federal Courts, Federal Legislation
