The Racially Disparate Effects of Drug Arrest on High School Dropout

Racial biases in law enforcement over the past three decades have been linked to the racialized policies of the war on drugs. The author examines the educational consequences of the war on drugs on the lives of youth by analyzing racial differences in the impact of a juvenile drug arrest on high sch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mariam Ashtiani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-07-01
Series:Socius
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211027097