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2/17/2016

Michael Brown's Family Pushes Missouri Body Camera Bill
by AP
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f7e642c0855f48dda1a0df3385d77c07/michael-...

2/3/2016

Racial Disparities in Florida Safety Belt Law Enforcement
by ACLU Staff
https://www.aclu.org/report/racial-disparities-florida-safety-belt-law-e...

1/25/2016

New York City’s Promising Step on Criminal Justice
by the NYT Editorial Board
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/25/opinion/new-york-citys-promising-step-on-criminal-justice.html?ref=topics

1/20/2016

New York City Is Set to Adopt New Approach on Policing Minor Offenses
by Daivd Goodman
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/nyregion/new-york-council-to-consider-bills-altering-how-police-handle-minor-offenses.html?ref=topics

1/6/2016

Chicago agrees to pay $5.5m to victims of police torture in 1970s and 80s
by Zach Stafford
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/06/chicago-police-torture-victims-deal?CMP=share_btn_tw

1/5/2016

Black Lives Matter is Top News Story of 2015
by Stephen Handelman
http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/inside-criminal-justice/2015-12-black-lives-matter-is-top-news-story-of-2015

12/29/2015

Cleveland Officer Will Not Face Charges in Tamir Rice Shooting Death
by Mitch Smith
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/us/tamir-rice-police-shootiing-cleveland.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

12/17/2015

Decline in Stop and Frisk Tactic Drives Drop in Police Action in New York
by Southall Ashley
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/nyregion/end-to-stop-and-frisk-drives-drop-in-police-actions-in-new-york-study-says.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1&mtrref=undefined&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&gwh=5BFF70828C279BA32D36DB9B0D95E508&gwt=pay

12/6/2015

Deadly Injustice: Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System Book Released

The murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his assailant, George Zimmerman, sparked a passionate national debate about race and criminal justice in America that involved everyone from bloggers to mayoral candidates to President Obama himself. With increased attention to these causes, from St. Louis to Los Angeles, intense outrage at New York City’s Stop and Frisk program and escalating anger over the effect of mass incarceration on the nation’s African American community, the Trayvon Martin case brought the racialized nature of the American justice system to the forefront of our national consciousness. Deadly Injustice uses the Martin/Zimmerman case as a springboard to examine race, crime, and justice in our current criminal justice system.

Contributors explore how race and racism informs how Americans think about criminality, how crimes are investigated and prosecuted, and how the media interprets and reports on crime. At the center of their analysis sit examples of the Zimmerman trial and Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law, providing current and resonant examples for readers as they work through the bigger-picture problems plaguing the American justice system. This important volume demonstrates how highly publicized criminal cases go on to shape public views about offenders, the criminal process, and justice more generally, perpetuating the same unjust cycle for future generations. A timely, well-argued collection, Deadly Injustice is an illuminating, headline-driven text perfect for students and scholars of criminology and an important contribution to the discussion of race and crime in America.

Purchase your copy today: http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Injustice-Criminal-Perspectives-Deviance/dp/147989429X

12/1/2015

Mayor Rahm Emanuel Fires Chicago Police Superintendent
By MONICA DAVEY and MITCH SMITH
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/us/chicago-police-rahm-emanuel-laquan-mcdonald.html

11/9/2015

University of Missouri Protests Spur a Day of Change
By JOHN ELIGON and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/us/university-of-missouri-system-president-resigns.html?_r=0

11/5/2015

Ontario sets strict new limits on police street checks
by Wendy Gillis
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2015/10/28/province-to-unveil-limits-on-carding.html

10/20/2015

African-American Youth Falsely Arrested, Jailed Because of Hoodie: Lawsuit
by Victoria Bekiempis
http://www.newsweek.com/lawsuit-youth-jailed-hoodie-new-york-police-384934

10/6/2015

Come celebrate the 10 Year Anniversary of the Center in Race, Crime and Justice!
Thursday, October 8th 2015
5:30 - 7:30PM

12/5/2014

Special Prosecutors Are Useful, but Not a Guarantee Against Prejudice
by Delores Jones Brown
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/12/04/do-cases-like-eric-garners-require-a-special-prosecutor/special-prosecutors-are-useful-but-not-a-guarantee-against-prejudice