How are Unpopular Policies Made Popular? Obfuscatory Rhetoric in Civil Asset Forfeiture Policy Positions

Though Nixon did not coin the phrase “war on drugs” until the early 1970s, strong anti drug positions were already popular with elected officials and law enforcement. The 1973 creation of the Drug Enforcement Agency was impetus for a significant increase in drug-related incarceration, though a more...

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Main Author: Neuberg, Rachel
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2018
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1099
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2174&context=scripps_theses