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, receive harsher punishments than their white counterparts for the same crimes, (American Civil Liberties Union, Racial Disparities in Sentencing (Oct. 27, 2014) (sentences imposed on Black males in the federal system are nearly 20% longer than those imposed on white males...
The Prison within a Prison As a Barrier to Freedom: The Health Impact of Racial Disparities in Solitary Confinement in Michigan PrisonsFinn Bell, MSW
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It is unfair to minority populations that people in power (judges, prosecutors, police officers, parole boards) are not aware of the generational and societal experiences that can lead to addiction. Reduce the number of people in prisons and put that money into low income communities. ...
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Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System: Essay Racial inequality is growing. Our criminal laws, while facially neutral, are enforced in a manner that is massively and pervasively biased. My research will examine the U.S. criminal justice policies and how it has the most adver...
We argue that systemic factors operating across levels — from the interpersonal to the cultural — contribute to the production and reinforcement of racial biases in children and adults. We consider the effects of five systemic factors on racial biases in the USA: power and privilege disparities,...
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bias. University of Southern California law professor Jody Armour speaks with U.S. News Senior Editor Joseph Williams on the ways that America can eradicate the deep racial disparities in the criminal justice system through bold actions within government, police departments and prisons around the ...