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Tables of Contents for Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
iii
6
Figures
ix
2
Tables
xi
4
Summary
xv
12
Acknowledgments
xxvii
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1
6
PART I
7
76
Chapter Two THE LAWS AND THE SURROUNDING DEBATE
7
20
Recent History of Federal Sentencing Reform
8
3
Indeterminate Sentencing
8
1
Sentencing Guidelines
9
1
Mandatory Minimum Sentences
9
2
Fulfillment of Objectives
11
8
Retribution or "Just Deserts"
12
1
Deterrence
13
1
Incapacitation, Especially of the Serious Offender
14
1
Elimination of Sentencing Disparity
15
3
Inducement of Cooperation
18
1
Inducement of Pleas
18
1
Other Issues in the Current Debate
19
6
Treating Crack Differently from Powder
19
3
Determining Drug Amounts by Mixture Weight Versus Pure Weight
22
2
Shifting Power from Judges to Prosecutors
24
1
Failing to Spare Unwitting or Peripheral Actors
24
1
Conclusion
25
2
Chapter Three COST-EFFECTIVENESS AT REDUCING COCAINE CONSUMPTION AND EXPENDITURES
27
36
Longer Sentences for All Drug Dealers
28
16
Modeling the Dynamics of Cocaine Control
30
1
Reduction of Cocaine Consumption by Alternative Programs
31
4
Effect of Evaluation Horizon and Supplier Cost of Incarceration
35
4
Sensitivity to Uncertain Parameters
39
1
Alternative Evaluation Criteria
40
4
Comparison with Additional Programs
44
1
Mandatory Minimums for Federally Prosecuted Dealers
44
18
Modeling Strategy
46
2
Cost-Effectiveness Results Under "Best-Estimate" Assumptions
48
3
Sensitivity Analyses
51
8
Other Findings: Low-Level Offenders, Seizures
59
3
Conclusion
62
1
Chapter Four OTHER MEASURES OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS
63
12
Ability to Reduce Use of Other Drugs
63
1
Ability to Control Crime
64
5
Impact on Social Costs
69
6
Chapter Five CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
75
8
Program Effectiveness
75
3
Policy Implications
78
5
PART II
83
62
Chapter Six LONGER SENTENCES FOR ALL DRUG DEALERS: DETAILS OF THE DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
83
28
Modeling the Dynamics of Cocaine Control
84
3
Updated Parameter Estimates
84
3
Incarceration of Drug Dealers: Regular Versus Longer Sentences
87
12
Sentence Lengths
88
4
Cost of Incarceration to the Public and to Drug Suppliers
92
7
Reduction of Cocaine Consumption by Alternative Programs
99
7
Program Costs
100
1
Program Benefits
101
1
Sources of Costs and Benefits
102
4
Effect of Evaluation Horizon and Supplier Cost of Incarceration
106
1
Sensitivity to Uncertain Parameters
106
2
Alternative Evaluation Criteria
108
3
Chapter Seven MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOR FEDERALLY PROSECUTED DRUG DEALERS: DETAILS OF THE STATIC ANALYSIS
111
34
Modeling Strategy
114
3
First Stage: Consequences and Public Cost of Interventions
114
1
Second Stage: Effects on the Market
115
2
Model Detail: Consequences and Public Cost of Interventions
117
9
Arrest and Conventional Sentencing: Consequences
118
4
Arrest and Conventional Sentencing: Public Cost
122
2
Mandatory Minimums: Consequences and Costs
124
2
Treating Heavy Drug Users: Consequences and Costs
126
1
Model Detail: Effects on the Market
126
8
Demand and Supply Curves
126
4
Implications for Consumption, Price, and Spending
130
4
Cost-Effectiveness at Reducing Consumption and Spending
134
9
Base Case
134
1
Sensitivity Analysis
135
8
Cost-Effectiveness at Reducing Crime
143
2
Appendix
145
40
A. FEDERAL MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING LAWS FOR DRUG OFFENSES
145
14
B. DERIVATION OF PARAMETER VALUES
159
6
C. DERIVATION OF EQUATIONS IN TABLE 7.1
165
10
D. ESTIMATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DRUG MARKETS AND CRIME
175
10
References
185