...states require racial impact statements for new laws?”: Summary of states’ efforts to enact racial impact statement rules. Marc Mauer, “Racial Impact Statements: Changing Policies to Address Disparities”: An assessment...
...indicates, the causes of the racial disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system are complex and deeply rooted. As studies repeatedly demonstrate, the cumulative impact of racial disparity is experienced...
...Sentencing of Habitual Offenders, 36 Criminology 481, 481 (1998).)) All of these decisions impact racial disparities in the length of sentences, and in the related collateral discriminatory impacts of those...
...after controlling for other relevant factors such as racial prejudice, conservatism, and crime salience. Media crime coverage fuels racial perceptions of crime. Many media outlets reinforce the public’s racial misconceptions...
...reduction of this size creates substantial additional hardship for such families. Racial / Ethnic Impact The federal ban on receipt of food stamps and cash assistance for individuals with felony...
...racial impact statements policies. The Sentencing Project offered expert testimony in support of Virginia’s House Bill 1990, a Racial Impact Statement Act. Six states – Iowa, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Oregon,...
...addition, the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission develops racial impact statements without statutory guidance. Racial impact statements offer one means by which state officials can begin to engage in a proactive...
...other laws impacting criminal justice law and policy by informing law makers of the potential impact on racial justice and racial disparities in a system known to perpetuate and expand...
...juvenile court decision-making: A counterfactual approach. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 17(3), 269-287.)) Racial and ethnic disparities in incarceration are due primarily to the cumulative impact of substantial disparities that...
...to minimize or eliminate the racially disparate impacts of certain laws and policies. Several states have passed “racial impact statement” laws. To undo the racial and ethnic disparity resulting from...
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