Prior literature suggests that drug legislation in the late 1970s and 1980s caused the rapid increase in the female incarceration rate. Empirical investigations focused on the female incarceration rate specifically may provide important information to further our understanding of the factors that contributed to this increase. The purpose of this study is to determine how much of the change in the female incarceration rate in New York can be attributed to the introduction of the 1973 Rockefeller Drug Laws. These laws were introduced prior to most war on drugs legislation and, therefore, serve as a unique case study for this type of investigation.

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纽约的毒品战争及其对女性监禁率的影响

以前的文献表明，1970年代末期和1980年代的毒品立法导致女性监禁率迅速上升。专门针对女性监禁率的实证研究可能会提供重要信息，以帮助我们进一步了解促成女性监禁率上升的因素。这项研究的目的是确定纽约女性监禁率变化的多少归因于1973年《洛克菲勒毒品法》的出台。这些法律是在大多数反毒品立法战争之前提出的，因此，可作为此类调查的独特案例研究。