Chapter Resources
Section I: Overview of Race, Ethnicity and Crime
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- Race and Crime
This website is from an online law library that gives readers an idea of the complicated relationship between race and crime - Race and Crime in the UK
This link is for the female prisoner’s welfare website which gives the reader an idea of the effects of race and crime in the UK - Reaction to Obama Speech
This is a link to reaction to Presidential Candidate Barack Obama’s speech in Philadelphia on the topic of race. - Race and Violent Crime
This science daily article published on 3/8/10 discusses how the violent crime “Race Gap” is narrowing, but still persists in the U.S. - Race and Punishment
This is a link to a reflection essay by Bruce Western on the topic of Race, Crime, and Punishment written on 08/18/09. - Interview About Race, Crime, and Drug Policy
This is a link to a video interview with Dr. Richardson, an African American Studies faculty member from the University of Maryland, discussing race, crime, and drug policy. - Interview About the Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
This link is to a video interview with Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree about his book The Presumption of Guilt dealing with the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. - The Center on Race, Crime, and Justice
This website is from The City University of New York’s Center of Race, Crime, and Justice - Race, Racism, and the Law
This website maintained by Professor of Law Vernellia Randall at the University of Dayton regarding Race, Racism, and the Law. It has a variety of information regarding definitions of race, racism, racial groups, minority status, and race relations.
- Race and Crime
Section II: Extent of Crime and Victimization
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- Race, Gender, Economics, and Victimization
This is a link to the University of Iowa’s Public Policy Center’s webpage on Race, Gender, Economics, and Victimization that speaks about the importance of studying the effects of both race and gender on victimization. - Bureau of Justice Statistics
This website is from the BJS, which gives the reader an overview of the NCVS, crime victim characteristics, and data tables. - American Law and Crime Law Online Encyclopedia
This website from the American Law and Crime Law online encyclopedia discusses the use of crime data in the U.S. along with the effects of race on disproportionality in the C.J. system - Crime Victimization Services
This is a link to United Way victim assistance program that outlines the type of victims, victim rights, healing issues, and offender information - Community Relations Service
This website is a letter outlining the duties and purpose of the Community Relations Service arm of the US DOJ charged with helping state and local officials resolve and prevent racial and ethnic conflicts. - The National Center for Victims of Crime
This is a link to The National Center for Victims of Crime that allows readers learn about the justice system, about victim rights, and has a large link to victim resources.
- Race, Gender, Economics, and Victimization
Section III: Theoretical Perspectives on Race and Crime
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- Code of the Streets
This website discusses the areas related to Professor Elijah Anderson’s code of the streets perspective.
- Code of the Streets
Section IV: Juvenile Justice
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- Frontline: Juvenile Justice
This website from Frontline gives criminal justice practitioners’ views on whether the American juvenile justice system is racially biased. - Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Justice Alternative Initiative
This is a link to The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Justice Alternative Initiative. - Race and Juvenile Arrest
This website from the OJJDP gives the reader an in-depth view regarding race as a factor in juvenile arrests - Center for Juvenile Justice Reform
This link to Georgetown University’s Center for Juvenile Justice Reform allows the reader to view up-to-date research projects on juvenile justice issues, to examine the center’s models for change, and provides an overview of the center’s Juvenile Justice Improvement Project. - Disproportionate Minority Contact
This is a link to the OJJDP’s DMC website that includes information about DMC, additional resources on the topic, and tools developed by the OJJDP for reducing DMC - Models for Change: Systems Reform in Juvenile Justice
This is a link to the Models for Change: Systems Reform in Juvenile Justice organization. It provides research findings, state level information on DMC reform projects, and the issues the organization is targeting for change. - National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice
This website is for the University of Iowa’s National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice, which discusses DMC. - Center for Children’s Law and Policy
This is a link to the Center for Children’s Law and Policy website. The center discusses issues related to reducing DMC, alternatives to incarceration, and conditions of confinement.
- Frontline: Juvenile Justice
Section V: Policing
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- Distorting the Truth about Race and Crime
This is a link to an article written by Heather MacDonald entitled, “Distorting the Truth about Race and Crime,” written in 2010. - ACLU and Racial Profiling
This website from the ACLU discusses their campaign against racial profiling - Racial Profiling
This website provides an overview of racial profiling along with information about what someone can do if they feel they are being profiled. - Racial Profiling Data Collection Center
This is a link to Northeastern University’s Racial Profiling Data Collection Center that has a wealth of information on racial profiling including a history of racial profiling, community a civil rights initiatives, legislation and litigation, and training initiatives. - Conflict Over Racial Profiling
This is a link to Time Magazine’s 2001 piece on the stakes in conflict over racial profiling. - Racial Profiling in an Age of Terrorism
This Santa Clara University website has an article entitled “Racial Profiling in an Age of Terrorism,” authored by Peter Siggins. - Reality of Racial Profiling
This is a link to a two minute video entitled, “Reality of Racial Profiling” that discusses racial profiling in 2009. - Racial Profiling Overview
This is a link to a 10 minute video that gives the viewer a great overview of racial profiling. It includes stories of Muslims and Blacks. - American Law and Legal Information Encyclopedia
This website from the American Law and Legal Information Encyclopedia discusses policing and minorities. - Torture of Suspects
This is a link to a story written in 2006 about the Chicago inquiry into allegations that Chicago police officers tortured Black suspects - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
This website is from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is a manual to be used to reduce biased-based traffic law enforcement. - "Driving While Black"
This NY Times editorial written in 2009 discusses how “Driving While Black” is still an issue in the United States. - Video About "Driving While Black"
This 1996 ABC News Primetime Live video discusses Driving While Black. - Airport Profiling
This 2009 NPR story discusses an Indian Poet’s experience with airport profiling. - Profiling in Arizona
This video discusses the experience of a Hispanic male who was profiled by police in Arizona. - Center for Constitutional Rights
This website by the Center for Constitutional Rights deals with racial disparities found in NYPD Stop and Frisks.
- Distorting the Truth about Race and Crime
Section VI: Courts and Sentencing
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- The Sentencing Project
This website for The Sentencing Project has a wealth of information regarding the effects of race on sentencing both in the past and today. - Racial Disparity in Sentencing
This 2005 article is a summary of the extant literature on Racial Disparity in Sentencing conducted by Tushar Kansal of the Sentencing Project. - Loosening Sentencing Guidelines
This article written in 2010 discusses that since sentencing guidelines were loosened, there has been an increase in sentencing disparities by race. - Disparity in Crack Sentencing
This 2010 US News article provides an overview of the racial disparity in crack sentencing. - Life Sentencing
This article published in 2009 discusses The Sentencing Project’s finding that Blacks are more likely than Whites to receive a life sentence. - Sentencing Disparities
This NPR piece written in 2007 discusses sentencing disparities.
- The Sentencing Project
Section VII: The Death Penalty
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- Death Penalty Disparities
This website discusses racial disparities in the use of the death penalty. - Race and the Death Penalty
This Amnesty International website discusses the link between race and the death penalty. - Death Penalty Information
This death penalty information center website examines racial disparities in federal death penalty prosecutions from 1988
1994. - Geography and Racial Disparities
This Marquette University School of Law Faculty Blog written by Michael O’Hear discusses the role of geography in racial disparities in the federal death penalty. - Supreme Court Cases
This website gives the reader an overview of important Supreme Court cases affecting the death penalty along with which way race can impact capital sentencing. - Prison Policy Initiative
This Prison Policy Initiative website has a number of research projects examining the effects of race on the death penalty.
- Death Penalty Disparities
Section VIII: Corrections
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- Prison Policy
The Prison Policy website has a wealth of information on the effects of mass incarceration on racial and ethnic minorities. - Race and Mass Incarceration
This website contains several articles discussing race and mass incarceration. - The New Jim Crow:
This is a video of a talk given by Michelle Alexander on her book, The New Jim Crow. - Incarceration and Asians
This is an article by Harvey Gee discussing the effects of mass incarceration on Asians. - Disparities in Mass Incarceration
This website highlights human rights watch underscoring racial disparities in U.S. incarceration. - Race-Talk
This Race-Talk website features several articles related to mass incarceration. The topics range from the effects of mass incarceration on Native Americans to how the war on drugs is fueling the mass incarceration of racial/ethnic minorities. - Incarceration and Social Inequality
This is a link to an article written by Bruce Western and Becky Pettit entitled, “Incarceration and Social Inequality.” - Effects of Mass Incarceration
The Sentencing Project website discusses the negative effects of mass incarceration in the U.S. - Reducing Racial Disparity
This is a link to The Sentencing Project manual for criminal justice practitioners and policymakers entitled, “Reducing Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System.”
- Prison Policy