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Johnson County Iowa – Incarceration and Racial Disparity – Causes and Solutions
The justice system in Johnson County seems to be disproportionately arresting and incarcerating people simply on the basis of race. (Source: “Time to correct underlying causes of jail overcrowding,”...
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Affirmative Action Applied to the Justice System to Correct Racial Bias
Affirmative Action policies and programs have been widely adopted and embraced globally as a means “to promote actions that achieve non-discrimination.” The outcomes and benefits of affirmative action...
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Foundational Causes of Crime and Incarceration
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with 500 to 700 people incarcerated for every 100,000. Click here or the above image for a larger view. The rate of incarceration has...
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Blaming Police for Racial Disparity Will Have Minimal Impact on Finding and...
Just about everyone agrees that it’s imperative we find solutions to problems of racial disparity among those incarcerated. Over 45% of those incarcerated are people of color although they only...
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Jeff Cox: Yes We Can….Control Local Arrest Rates. The War on Drugs and Racial...
Below is a video presentation by Jeff Cox recorded 23 April 2013 at Alternatives to a Bigger Jail: A Public Forum.
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“Stabilizing Jail Population Growth in Johnson County Iowa” by Bob Thompson
[Source: The following article is submitted by Bob Thompson and addresses viable initiatives and proposals to stabilize or reduce jail population growth in Johnson County, Iowa.] * * * UNDERSTANDING...
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“We Have Found the Enemy, and They Are Us”– Finding Cures for Racist Outcomes...
In the days following the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Greenpeace came out with an unusual advertising campaign about the spill. Their ad featured a picture of Joseph Hazelwood, the man who had been...
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