Upcoming
Migration and Human Rights Series on “Revisiting State Responses to Migrant and Refugee Flows”
Thursday, April 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Graduate Center
Make sure to check out John Jays year long Bridging the Divide Intiative
http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/bridgingthedivide/events.asp
Past
11/5/2015
10/27/2015
10/19/2015
10/8/2015
CELEBRATING THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
OF THE CENTER ON RACE, CRIME, AND JUSTICE
"PROMOTING EQUITY IN JUSTICE"
FEATURING THE FAMILIES OF
THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
LIVES TO POLICE VIOLENCE
Celebrating Executive Order 147 -
Appointing the NYS Attorney General
as Special Prosecutor in cases where
Law Enforcement Officers kill civilians
and commemorating the life of the late
Eddie Ellis, Center for NuLeadership
on Urban Solutions and former RCJ
Center Advisory Board member.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH
5:30 TO 7:30 IN ROOM L61,
524 WEST 59TH STREET
(BETWEEN 10TH & 11TH AVES)
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
RSVP via email: jasilva@jjay.cuny.edu
8/10/2011
Roundtable on Current Debates, Research Agendas and Strategies to Address Racial Disparities in Police-initiated Stops in the UK and USA taking place on the 10th – 11th August 2011 at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.
Despite extensive research, campaigns and litigation, ‘racial/ethnic profiling’ persists in both the UK and USA creating a wedge between the police and communities. Police on both sides of the Atlantic rely heavily on powers to ‘Stop and Search’ or ‘Stop and Frisk’ people in public places. There is substantial statistical and other evidence suggesting that black people and ethnic minorities are disproportionally targeted, whether explicitly or implicitly, by these practices. The racial disparities have led to contested accusations that policing agencies engage in racial and ethnic profiling when attempting to enforce the law. Discussions of racial/ethnic profiling have become mired in arguments about intelligence, measuring proportionality and effectiveness. Polemics tend to ignore important initiatives and research findings showing that there are innovative ways to reduce racial/ethnic disproportionality and enhance community trust without cost and with benefits for police fairness and effectiveness.
The objective of the planned roundtable is to bring together key constituencies from academia, policing, the legal profession and civil society, from the UK and US, for a structured conversation about achievements, progress, gaps and potential pitfalls to strategies that address racial/ethnic profiling. The roundtable will focus primarily on police-initiated stops in domestic policing in both countries.
Jointly funded by John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Open Society Foundations.