Bias in Criminal Justice
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Articles & Data
- Criminal Justice Database This link opens in a new windowResearch on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, crime reports, crime blogs and other material relevant for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and related fields.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service DatabaseContains summaries of the more than 200,000 criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse resources housed in the NCJRS Library collection.
- SocINDEX w/Full Text This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive and highest-quality sociology research database. The database features millions of records with subject headings from a sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers.
- Hein Online Law Library This link opens in a new windowLaw review journals including the United Nations Law Collection and United States Code.
- A History of Racial InjusticeA timeline of incidents in American legal history from 1619 to today.
- Report to the United Nations on Racial Disparities in the U.S. Criminal Justice SystemA report from the Sentencing Project, a non-profit working to use research to promote reforms in criminal justice.
- Bureau of Justice StatisticsThe primary source for criminal justice statistics in the United States.
Books
Implicit Racial Bias Across the Law by ISBN: 9781280664045
Deadly injustice : Trayvon Martin, race, and the criminal justice system by ISBN: 9781479849680
Prejudicial Appearances : the logic of American antidiscrimination law by ISBN: 9780822381136
Videos
- Central Park FiveChronicles America's complicated perceptions of race and crime through the story of the "Central Park 5"--A group of minority teenagers wrongfully convicted and jailed for brutally raping a white woman in New York.
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for EqualityThis feature documentary follows Bryan Stevenson – lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative – through his experiences as a capital defense attorney and advocate for community-based reform.
- Baltimore RisingIn the wake of the 2015 death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, Baltimore was a city on the edge. Peaceful protests and destructive riots erupted in the immediate aftermath of Gray’s death, reflecting the deep divisions between authorities and the community—and underscoring the urgent need for reconciliation.
- Policing Is Racially Biased : a DebateThe killing of Michael Brown by a police officer, along with similar incidents in Cleveland, Chicago, and other cities in the months that followed, sparked a wave of protest nationwide targeting racial disparities in criminal justice and accusing the police of using excessive force against African Americans. Are these accusations valid? Is policing racially biased? Or is it focused on stopping crime wherever it poses a threat?
- Race to ExecutionA gripping documentary that offers a compelling investigation of America's death penalty, probing how race discrimination infects our capital punishment system. The film neither advocates nor repudiates the death penalty; instead, it enlarges the conversation regarding capital punishment, focusing attention on race-of-jury as well as race-of-victim.
- Black Lives MatterIn 2013 in Sanford, Florida, vigilante George Zimmerman was found not guilty of the murder of 17-year-old African American Trayvon Martin. As a result, the struggle against police violence flared up under the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter and turned into one of the biggest grassroots movements in the United States. This film interviewed co-founder Patrisse Cullors about the various forms of violence against black citizens, and why resistance is essential.