Race and Ethnicity

People charged with criminal offenses reflect the diversity – racially and ethnically – of the communities they live in. Pretrial services programs must be responsive in policy, practice, and services to the special needs created by race and ethnicity, in order for those accused of crimes to be treated fairly.

This section contains the chapters of each set of standards related to this topic, examples submitted by programs and related publications.

Fairfax County’s Town Meetings Give Minorities a Voice in the Criminal Justice System (1993).pdf
Misplaced Priorities: Over Incarcerate Under Educate (NAACP, April 2011).pdf
Race, Bias and Problem-Solving Courts (National Black Law Journal - 2009).pdf
Race, Sentencing, and the Pretrial Process (Hart - 2006).pdf
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Pretrial Release Decisions and Outcomes: A Comparison of Hispanic, Black, and White Felony Arrestees (Demuth (2003). Criminology, 41(3)).pdf
Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Pretrial Criminal Processing (Schlesinger (2005). Justice Quarterly, 22(2)).pdf
Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System (Leadership Conference on Civil Rights: 2000).pdf
Testing for Racial Discrimination in Bail Setting Using Nonparametric Estimation of a Parametric Model (Bushway and Gelbach, 2011).pdf
Virginia Resources Directory for Non-English Speaking Offenders.pdf

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