Assignment 1
Please write a 5 page, double-spaced essay (not counting title page or abstract – abstract not necessary) on the following question. Use APA format and properly cite all sources. Essays should be in 12 point font.

Fully explain Paula Johnson’s argument (in Wing reader) that the (1) War on Drugs and (2) Federal and State minimum sentencing guidelines have negatively impacted Black women. How have these events/mandates impacted Black women and what is Johnson’s solution? How is Jordan-Zachery’s discussion of Black women and crime/criminal justice in Chapter Two related to or different from Johnson’s viewpoint?