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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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Results for racial disparities (u.s.)
2 results foundAuthor: Mauer, Marc Title: Incorporating Racial Equity into Criminal Justice Reform Summary: There are few areas of American society where racial disparities are as profound and as troubling as in the criminal justice system. In fact, racial perceptions of crime and race influenced policy development have been intimately tied to the development of mass incarceration. Yet there is growing evidence that the high rate of minority imprisonment is excessive for public safety goals and damaging for family and community structures in high incarceration neighborhoods. This briefing paper provides an overview of racial disparities in the criminal justice system and a framework for developing and implementing remedies for these disparities. We first describe the rationale for incorporating racial equity as a goal of an overall criminal justice reform strategy. We then document trends in racial disparity and assess the various causal factors that have produced these outcomes. Next, we identify a selection of best practices for addressing disparities, along with recommendations for implementation. Finally, we provide a guide for establishing rigorous metrics for success. Details: Washington, DC: The Sentencing Project, 2014. 22p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 10, 2014 at: http://sentencingproject.org/doc/rd_Incorporating_Racial_Equity_into_Criminal_Justice_Reform.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United States URL: http://sentencingproject.org/doc/rd_Incorporating_Racial_Equity_into_Criminal_Justice_Reform.pdf Shelf Number: 134017 Keywords: Criminal Justice ReformDiscriminationRacial BiasRacial Disparities (U.S.) |
Author: Ghandnoosh, Nazgol Title: Black Lives Matter: Eliminating Racial Inequity in the Criminal Justice System Summary: A new publication from The Sentencing Project provides a comprehensive review of programs and policies across the nation and identifies a broad range of initiatives that can address racial disparities at all levels of the criminal justice system. Black Lives Matter: Eliminating Racial Inequity in the Criminal Justice System highlights initiatives in more than 20 states designed to address the criminal justice system's high rate of contact with people of color. In the wake of the tragedies in Ferguson and other cities, excessive police contact has been identified as a major cause of the disproportionate rate of fatal police encounters for African Americans and Latinos. The report identifies four key features of the criminal justice system that produce racially unequal outcomes, beyond the conditions of socioeconomic inequality that contribute to higher rates of some crimes in marginalized communities, and showcases initiatives to abate these sources of inequity in adult and juvenile justice systems around the country. Details: Washington, DC: The Sentencing Project, 2015. 36p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 4, 2015 at: http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/rd_Black_Lives_Matter.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/rd_Black_Lives_Matter.pdf Shelf Number: 134529 Keywords: Minorities GroupsRacial DiscriminationRacial Disparities (U.S.) |