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5 grams : crack cocaine, rap music, and the War on Drugs / Dimitri A. Bogazianos.
LIBRA HV5825 .B62 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bogazianos, Dimitri A.
- Series:
- Alternative criminology series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drug control--United States.
- Drug control.
- Crack (Drug).
- United States.
- Crack (Drug)--United States.
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States.
- Sentences (Criminal procedure).
- Narcotic laws--United States.
- Narcotic laws.
- Physical Description:
- x, 206 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Five grams
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- "In 2010, President Barack Obama signed a law repealing one of the most controversial policies in American criminal justice history: the one hundred to one sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder whereby someone convicted of "simply" possessing five grams of crack--the equivalent of a few sugar packets--had been required by law to serve no less than five years in prison. In this highly original work, Dimitri A. Bogazianos draws on various sources to examine the profound consequences of America's reliance on this punishment structure, tracing the rich cultural linkages between America's War on Drugs, and the creative contributions of those directly affected by its destructive effects. Focusing primarily on lyrics that emerged in 1990s New York rap, which critiqued the music industry for being corrupt, unjust, and criminal, Bogazianos shows how many rappers began drawing parallels between the "rap game" and the "crack game." He argues that the symbolism of crack in rap's stance towards its own commercialization represents a moral debate that is far bigger than hip hop culture, highlighting the degree to which crack cocaine--although a drug long in decline--has come to represent the entire paradoxical predicament of punishment in the U.S. today."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Crack, Rap, and the Punitive Turn 15
- 2 The Invisible Hand Holds a Gun: Law and Policy in the Lethal Regulation of Crack 29
- 3 Rap Puts Crack to Work 53
- 4 Things Done Changed: The Rise of New School Violence 79
- 5 Training and Humiliation 99
- 6 Facing the Corporation 119.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814787007
- 0814787002
- 9780814787014
- 0814787010
- 9780814723067
- 0814723063
- 9780814725160
- 0814725163
- OCLC:
- 724667521
- Online:
- Cover image
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