RT Book
T1 Reducing racial inequality in crime and justice: science, practice, and policy
T2 Consensus study report
A2 Western, Bruce 1964-
A2 Muhammad, Khalil Gibran 1972-
A2 Negussie, Yamrot
A2 Backes, Emily P.
LA English
PP Washington, DC
PB National Academies Press
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1853599840
AB The history of the U.S. criminal justice system is marked by racial inequality and sustained by present day policy. Large racial and ethnic disparities exist across the several stages of criminal legal processing, including in arrests, pre-trial detention, and sentencing and incarceration, among others, with Black, Latino, and Native Americans experiencing worse outcomes. The historical legacy of racial exclusion and structural inequalities form the social context for racial inequalities in crime and criminal justice. Racial inequality can drive disparities in crime, victimization, and system involvement.Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice: Science, Practice, and Policy synthesizes the evidence on community-based solutions, noncriminal policy interventions, and criminal justice reforms, charting a path toward the reduction of racial inequalities by minimizing harm in ways that also improve community safety. Reversing the effects of structural racism and severing the close connections between racial inequality, criminal harms such as violence, and criminal justice involvement will involve fostering local innovation and evaluation, and coordinating local initiatives with state and federal leadership.This report also highlights the challenge of creating an accurate, national picture of racial inequality in crime and justice: there is a lack of consistent, reliable data, as well as data transparency and accountability. While the available data points toward trends that Black, Latino, and Native American individuals are overrepresented in the criminal justice system and given more severe punishments compared to White individuals, opportunities for improving research should be explored to better inform decision-making
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-398)
CN HV6191
SN 9780309693370
SN 0309693373
K1 Racism in criminal justice administration : United States
K1 Discrimination in criminal justice administration : United States
K1 Community-based corrections : United States
K1 Crime and race : United States
K1 Community-based corrections
K1 Crime and race
K1 Discrimination in criminal justice administration
K1 Racism in criminal justice administration
K1 United States
K1 Aufsatzsammlung
K1 USA : Rassendiskriminierung : Strafjustiz : Strafvollzug : Kriminalität