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  The Crime Report

  New research has found that Black Americans who have spent time in jail or prison are 65 percent more likely to die prematurely, even if it's been years since their incarceration, while having no meaningful impact on the long-term health of white former inmates, reports Health Day.

  The Crime Report

  New research has found that Black Americans who have spent time in jail or prison are 65 percent more likely to die prematurely, even if it's been years since their incarceration, while having no meaningful impact on the long-term health of white former inmates, reports Health Day. https://thecrimereport.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b72d0ef8165589b89cda84c49&id=fa56549b09&e=6656a70323

• A Massachusetts High Court ruling last month rejected arguments that searching a Black passenger in a car stopped for a traffic offense constituted racism. That’s like denying “wetness” in a lake beca … More

  

  The Crime Report

  

  Why are Courts Blind to Systemic Racism?

  thecrimereport.org - shandelman

  Denying the influence of racism in deciding a “stop and frisk” case is like denying the existence of “wetness” in a lake because you don’t see …

• Tools used by courts to judge whether an individual will re-offend rarely address the specific interaction of race and criminogenic risk, writes a University of Cincinnati researcher. She found that y … More

  

  The Crime Report

  

  How Race Distorts Risk Assessment for Minority Youth | The Crime Report

  thecrimereport.org - By Christina A. Campbell | January 8, 2019

  When Oliver Washington became head of the Edgecombe County Detention Center, in Tarboro, N.C., last July, he pledged that tackling …