Racial discrimination
Police Race Relations in England and Wales: Theory, Policy, and Practice
Ethnic Identity and Attitudes Toward the Police Among African American Juvenile Offenders
What We Know About Social Structure and Homicide: A Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature
Probing the Limits of the Female Advantage in Criminal Processing: Pretrial Diversion of Drug Offenders in an Urban County
Police Suspicion and Discretionary Decisionmaking During Citizen Stops
Split Sentencing in Georgia: A Test of Two Empirical Assumptions
Racially Biased Policing: Determinants of Citizen Perceptions
Thirty Years of Sentencing Reform: The Quest for a Racially Neutral Sentencing Process
Structure and Culture in African-American Adolescent Violence: A Partial Test of the "Code of the Street" Thesis
Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment: How Do Race, Ethnicity & Gender Factor In?
NIJ Journal Issue No. 239
How Collaboration Between Researchers and Police Chiefs Can Improve the Quality of Sexual Assault Investigations: A Look at Los Angeles
Panelists discuss the application of research findings from an NIJ-sponsored study of sexual assault attrition to police practice in Los Angeles. There are three main focal points: (1) the mutual benefits of researcher/practitioner partnerships, (2) the implications of variation in police interpretation of UCR guidelines specific to clearing sexual assault (with an emphasis on cases involving nonstrangers), and (3) the content of specialized training that must be required for patrol officers and detectives who respond to and investigate sex crimes.
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Familial DNA Searching: Issues and Answers
Familial DNA searching is the practice of creating new investigative leads in cases where DNA evidence found at the scene of a crime strongly resembles that of an existing DNA profile but is not an exact match. Panelists will explain how the technology works, provide examples of successful convictions obtained through familial searches, and discuss the various misconceptions and concerns regarding this practice.
Crime File: Sentencing
This Crime File video portrays three panelists contrasting indeterminate sentencing in Massachusetts, determinate sentencing in Minnesota, and discussing the existence and causes of sentencing disparity, sentencing factors, and racial discrimination in sentencing.
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