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Alternatives to Incarceration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Drug laws and the region’s untenable prison crisis are at the center of the drug policy debate in Latin America and the Caribbean. The incarceration of low-level drug offenders for exceptionally long sentences has left the region’s prisons bursting at the seams; the impact is not only felt by those incarcerated, but also by their families and communities. Cutting edge research by the Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho (Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law, CEDD) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) sheds new light on the problem and efforts to address it through alternatives to incarceration. The latest investigation …
Monday, August 26, 2019
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
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Wednesday, August 28, 2019
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August 28, 2019 -2019 Democratic Erosion Conference
2019 Democratic Erosion Conference
To mark the conclusion of the second year of Democratic Erosion, a student conference will be held at American University on August 28, 2019. Democratic Erosion is a cross-institutional collaborative course that aims to help students critically and systematically evaluate the risks to democracy both in the US and abroad through the lens of theory, history, and social science. The syllabus project began in 2017, and the Anxieties of Democracy program is a proud co-sponsor. You may learn more about the initiative here.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
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Friday, August 30, 2019
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Saturday, August 31, 2019
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Sunday, September 1, 2019
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