McGirr — Arrest patterns reflect policing choices as well as prohibited behavior — PDF 98–100

McGirr describes differing racial and ethnic arrest patterns across localities, women’s small-scale supply operations, and the vulnerability of marginal operators compared with major suppliers. Local inclusion in the trade and selective surveillance both shaped the record.

Lisa McGirr, The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State (W. W. Norton, supplied edition copyright 2016), Chapter 3, Selective Enforcement, physical PDF pp. 98–100 of the 334-page uploaded copy.

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