User:Iwhitten25/Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program/Bibliography

You will be compiling your bibliography and creating an outline of the changes you will make in this sandbox.

Bibliography

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Bibliography

Edit this section to compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Add the name and/or notes about what each source covers, then use the "Cite" button to generate the citation for that source.

Cox, Robynn, and Jamein P. Cunningham. “FINANCING THE WAR ON DRUGS: THE IMPACT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS ON RACIAL DISPARITIES IN DRUG ARRESTS.” Journal of policy analysis and management40.1 (2021): 191–224. Web.
- This is an article from the Journal of policy analysis and management, which is reliable as it's an academic source and peer reviewed. This article provides extensive background on the grant program, it's intentions, and how it affected policing tactics when pursuing drug crimes. It highlights the disportionate arrest rates and sentencing that follows and its relation to the War on Drugs.
U.S. Department of Justice. (1990). Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program Discretionary Program Announcement.
- This is a PDF article from the US DOJ that explains their intent with the grant program and what departments/utilities the money is going to. It covers the financial aspect of this program (the funding & where it's coming from), which is beneficial to the background information and can be useful when discussing the implications.
Cox, R. (2020). Applying the Theory of Social Good to Mass Incarceration and Civil Rights. Research on Social Work Practice, 30(2), 205-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731519872838
- This is a peer-reviewed article that discusses the monetary incentives that the Edward Byrne Grant Program provides and how it pushes for further implementation of the War on Drugs. It's extremely relevant to the topic, which can help develop notability.

Examples:

Luke, Learie. 2007. Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980 Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
- This is a book published by a university press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source for a specific fact. Since it only dedicates a few sentences to the topic, it can't be used to establish notability.

References

Outline of proposed changes

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Introduce the Grant Program & who Edward Byrne was
Provide the financials and funding of the program
- Where does it come from?
Discuss the intentions of the grant program (battle drug crime in communities of color)
- Connect this to the monetary incentives & pereptuation of the War on Drugs
Discuss how it changed policing tactics
- Connect this to higher drug arrest rates
  - Connect to disproportiante arresting/sentencing of POC (the content gap)
Discuss implications of the program & the future of it
Critiques/Advocates

I want to almost completely rewrite the Wiki Page on this topic. It provides little information and doesn't detail the implications whatsoever. This program was a product of the War on Drugs and perpetuates it, and I want to provide real stastical evidence that showcases that.

Now that you have compiled a bibliography, it's time to plan out how you'll improve your assigned article.

In this section, write up a concise outline of how the sources you've identified will add relevant information to your chosen article. Be sure to discuss what content gap your additions tackle and how these additions will improve the article's quality.

Consider other changes you'll make to the article, including possible deletions of irrelevant, outdated, or incorrect information, restructuring of the article to improve its readability or any other change you plan on making. This is your chance to really think about how your proposed additions will improve your chosen article and to vet your sources even further.

Note: This is not a draft. This is an outline/plan where you can think about how the sources you've identified will fill in a content gap.

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