Illusions Clouding Decision-Making: How the Justice System Fails to Understand the Illicit Drug Market

<p>This paper reviews some of the main research on drug law enforcement in Brazil since the 2006 Drug Law came into force, noting a clear and constant pattern of police and judicial focus directed at retail drug trafficking, decisively impacting current incarceration rates. It then examines th...

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Main Authors: Luiz Guilherme Mendes de Paiva, Juliana de Oliveira Carlos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LSE Press 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Illicit Economies and Development
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Online Access:https://jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/36