5 Grams: Crack Cocaine, Rap Music, and the War on Drugs

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5 Grams AlternAtive Criminology SerieS General Editor: Jeff Ferrell Pissing on Demand: Workplace Drug Testing and the Rise of the Detox Industry Ken Tunnell Empire of Scrounge: Inside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, and Street Scavenging Jeff Ferrell Prison, Inc.: A Convict Exposes Life inside a Private Prison by K. C. Carceral, edited by Thomas J. Bernard The Terrorist Identity: Explaining the Terrorist Threat Michael P. Arena and Bruce A. Arrigo Terrorism as Crime: From Oklahoma City to Al-Qaeda and Beyond Mark S. Hamm Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in America Jeanne Flavin Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York’s Urban Underground Gregory J. Snyder Crimes of Dissent: Civil Disobedience, Criminal Justice, and the Politics of Conscience Jarret S. Lovell The Culture of Punishment: Prison, Society, and Spectacle Michelle Brown Who You Claim: Performing Gang Identity in School and on the Streets Robert Garot 5 Grams: Crack Cocaine, Rap Music, and the War on Drugs Dimitri A. Bogazianos 5 Grams Crack Cocaine, Rap Music, and the War on Drugs Dimitri A. Bogazianos a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2012 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bogazianos, Dimitri A. 5 grams : crack cocaine, rap music, and the war on drugs / Dimitri Bogazianos. p. cm. — (Alternative criminology series) ISBN 978–0–8147–8700–7 (cl : acid-free paper) ISBN 978–0–8147–8701–4 (pbk : acid-free paper) ISBN 978–0–8147–2306–7 (ebook) ISBN 978–0–8147–2516–0 (ebook) 1. Drug control—United States. 2. Crack (Drug)—United States. 3. Sentences (Criminal procedure)—United States. 4. Narcotic laws—United States. I. Title. II. Title: Five grams. HV5825.B62 2011 363.450973—dc23 2011028191 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For NYC ...