The Effect of Marijuana Legalization on Jail Populations in Washington State. (September 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The Effect of Marijuana Legalization on Jail Populations in Washington State. (September 2020)
- Main Title:
- The Effect of Marijuana Legalization on Jail Populations in Washington State
- Authors:
- Stanton, Duane
Mei, Xiaohan
Kim, Sohee
Willits, Dale
Stohr, Mary
Hemmens, Craig
Wu, Guangzhen
Lu, Ruibin
Makin, David
Lovrich, Nicholas - Abstract:
- In 2012, Washington State legalized the production, sale, and possession of marijuana through Initiative 502. Advocates of legalization argued that it would decrease the jail population and reduce the disproportionate incarceration of minorities, reasoning that the police would refocus their resources on other matters. In order to evaluate this assumption, we examined jail booking data using a set of interrupted time-series regression models. Our findings indicate that jail population trends differ among counties across time and with respect to impacts on minorities and women. With regard to ethnic and racial disproportionate impact, there appears to be little positive change.
- Is Part Of:
- Prison journal. Volume 100:Number 4(2020)
- Journal:
- Prison journal
- Issue:
- Volume 100:Number 4(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 100, Issue 4 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 100
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0100-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 510
- Page End:
- 530
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09
- Subjects:
- marijuana -- jails -- minorities -- women -- race
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Prisons -- Périodiques
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365.6 - Journal URLs:
- http://tpj.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.sagepub.com ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0032885520939313 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0032-8855
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