Essays Tagged: "Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986"

Violent offenders on Parole

prisoners and prison overcrowding. On the Federal level, the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, account for the biggest increase in Federal prisoners and prison overcr ... risoners serve an average of 85 percent of their sentence while State inmates serve only 38 percent.Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 established a mandatory minimum sentencin ...

(18 pages) 476 6 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Social Policy Within Criminal Justice: A Swinging Pendulum

oggs Act of 1951, the Narcotics Control Act of 1956, the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 have all fueled America's war on drugs but had little effect other than ... prove life for families, their neighborhoods, eliminating poverty and promoting education.ReferencesAnti-Drug Abuse Act, Pub. L. No. 99-570 (1986).Boggs Act, 21 U.S.C. 174 (1951).Bureau of Justice Sta ...

(13 pages) 2 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays