The Geography of Punishment:
How Huge Sentencing Enhancement Zones Harm Communities, Fail to Protect Children
by Aleks Kajstura, Peter Wagner and William Goldberg
July 2008
- Press release
- Executive Summary
- Report:
- Sidebars and interactive maps:
- 1,000 feet is further than you think
- Vermont’s unique sentencing enhancement zone statute emphasizes that the zone laws should be highly specific and only one of many responses to drugs
- Full page interactive version of Figure 5, a map of all zones and the population in Hampden County.
- Appendices:
- Appendix A: County demographics.
- Appendix B: Drug charges in Hampden County courts and in Massachusetts.
- Appendix C: Demographic analysis of cities and towns in Hampden County.
- Appendix D: Rural/Urban percentages of Hampden County cities and towns.
- Appendix E: Demographic analysis of populations living in enhancement zones.
- Appendix F: Demographic analysis of the populations living in enhancement zones, by House district.
- Appendix G: Demographic analysis of populations living in recommended 100-foot enhancement zones.
Coverage
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Drug-Free Zones Facing Review by Jo-Ann Moriarty, Republican (Springfield, MA) July 26, 2008
See also
- Our sentencing enhancement zone campaign page with followup research, coverage and action.
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