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This report discusses cash bail reforms that have occurred in the United States and provides key considerations for people interested in…
How do high-profile acts of police brutality affect public trust and cooperation with law enforcement? To investigate this question, we…
Algorithmic decision-making can lead to discrimination against legally protected groups, but measuring such discrimination is often…
Reducing pre-trial detention by eliminating cash bail would generate significant economic returns for accused individuals and likely also…
The First Amendment guarantees some of the most fundamental rights provided to Americans under the Constitution. The right to free…
The Department of Justice began prosecuting federal hate crimes cases after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Thus, the…
The complicated relationship of religion and government predates the founding of the United States. The Founders grappled with this dilemma…
In March 2018, hundreds of thousands of young people walked out of school and marched on their local statehouses and on the U.S. Capitol in…
Starting with the Nixon administration in the early 1970s, and gaining steam throughout the next decade, the prevailing view on criminal…
Nearly 1,000 officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This article documents the large, racially disparate effects…