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25 Aug 2023, 5:52 am by Faiza Patel
In addition to exposing any disparate impacts, audits should provide valuable insight on law enforcement practices that raise a risk of non-compliance with the guidance. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 12:12 pm by Michael O'Hear
We find that race and racial bias matter in ways that are not fair, that do not advance legitimate public safety objectives, that produce disparities in the criminal justice system, and that undermine public confidence in our legal system. [read post]
13 Feb 2021, 6:45 am by Ezra Rosser
Abstract below: We study the sources of racial disparities in income using anonymized longitudinal data covering nearly the entire U.S. population from 1989-2015. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 2:00 pm by Liz Ryan
The DOJ's extensive investigation, which began nearly three years ago, found a failure to provide adequate due process protections for children before transferring them to adult criminal court and racial disparities in the treatment of African-American children. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 10:40 am
His attorney is planning to present statistical evidence of racial bias and disparities to demonstrate the presence of racial bias in Robinson's trial. [read post]
22 Dec 2016, 12:21 pm by Michael Rushford
  While study after study have concluded that the disparity in police shootings among different racial groups is relative to the differing levels of criminal activity among racial groups, the narrative continues. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 9:45 am
The state with the worst racial disparities in incarceration lifts ban on Michelle Alexander's seminal book. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 12:02 pm by Richard Hasen
Sims case out of Alabama), legislative districts cannot have great disparities in the number of people in them because disparities give voters in smaller-populated districts greater voting power in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. [read post]
22 Feb 2023, 6:24 am by Irene
The nation’s medical research agency has a special minority health and health disparities division that issued a study declaring COVID-19 exacerbated preexisting resentment against racial/ethnic minorities and marginalized communities. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 10:09 am by admin
An an in-depth investigation of the presidential pardons process, published this week, it was found that white applicants were nearly four times as likely to succeed as minorities, even when factors such as the type of crime and sentence were […] [read post]
8 Jun 2017, 3:43 am by The Law Office of Philip D. Cave
Black sailors more likely than white sailors to be referred to court-martial, report says Brock Vergakis, The Virginian-Pilot, 7 June 2017. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 8:47 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
David Abrams (pictured), Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan (University of Pennsylvania , University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics) have posted Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race? [read post]
9 Sep 2020, 11:47 am by Associated Press
Black and Latino defendants in Massachusetts are more likely than white defendants to be locked up for drug and weapons offenses and get longer sentences than white people sent to prison for similar crimes, researchers at Harvard Law School said in a report released Wednesday. [read post]
10 Jan 2022, 6:29 am by Pamela Foohey
These reports emphasized racial and ethnic disparities in credit scores and in complaints about errors in credit reports. [read post]
22 Oct 2020, 5:13 pm by Ezra Rosser
Abstract below: Racial disparities in food-related deaths and disease are vestiges of slavery and colonization that have persisted for too long. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 1:15 pm
Blacks in counties all across Florida are much more likely to be arrested for marijuana than whites, leaving many Florida counties with high racial disparities in their arrest records. [read post]
7 Jun 2016, 6:18 am
  Certainly, we will do our level best to complement (not replace) families, schools, churches, neighborhoods, not-for-profits, and social service providers in meeting the challenges that lay before our City; but if nothing changes on these various fronts, I dare say that a pristine, "model" police department trying to do everything within our statutory power(s), will STILL have statistics that reflect racial disparities. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 8:06 am
The panel raised concern that current disenfranchisement policies have a disparate racial and ethnic impact and may be in violation of international law. [read post]
This is one of those issues that has the power to raise other polarizing matters such as racial disparities when encountering the criminal justice system. [read post]