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19. A Different Kind of Justice

Uncharted with Hannah Fry

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Urban Decline and Drug Epidemic in NYC

This chapter examines the socio-economic challenges faced by New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, focusing on crime, unemployment, and the drug crisis. It also discusses the intensified war on drugs, changes in policing, and personal narratives related to incarceration patterns.

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