It is said that every system is perfectly designed to yield the results that it produces. In the U.S., an $85 billion criminal legal system…
In the summer of 2020, George Floyd’s video-graphed murder by Minneapolis police officers sparked a renewed public discourse about the role…
This Is What Thriving Communities Look Like: Insights from Residents of Four Boston Neighborhoods. Roundtable on Racial Disparities…
In the summer of 2020, George Floyd’s video-graphed murder by Minneapolis police officers sparked a renewed public discourse about the role…
We show that intergenerational mobility changed rapidly by race and class in recent decades and use these trends to study the causal…
A survey of Bostonians found wide disparities in the ways different racial groups experience their relationship with law enforcement, and…
With diversity, equity, and belonging efforts at universities and other institutions across the country under scrutiny, it’s important to…
May 30, 2024 (Updated June 10, 2024)By Sandra Susan Smith IntroductionGeorge Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officers was…
We ask whether increased public scrutiny leads to the more effective use of predictive algorithms. We focus on the context of bail, where…