Waterloo Region District School Board’s suspension of the Student Resource Officer program is one step toward ending racism in schools but much more still needs to be done.
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Representation alone cannot fix racism. But when deployed appropriately, it can provide reassurance and support to communities of colour.
Half a century after the federal government voided Jim Crow laws, the criminal justice system still discriminates against African Americans.
Opinions about demonstrations are formed in large part by what people read or see in the media. This gives journalists a lot of power when it comes to driving the narrative.
Diversity among officers lags behind the general population. But is police culture a greater problem when it comes to combating excessive force?
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized for his city's 'stop-and-frisk' police strategy. Two criminologists argue it isn't necessarily inherently racist – though New York's program was.
Muslims make up 9% of France's population and half of all its prisoners – many convicted on drug charges. But social justice isn't part of the country's growing debate on legalization.
Half a century after the federal government voided Jim Crow laws, the criminal justice system still discriminates against African Americans.
Crime data reflect only what crimes are identified by the police – not all the crimes that occur. So decisions based on crime data are necessarily biased and incompletely informed.
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Assistant Professor of Justice Studies and Sociology, Norwich University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Michigan State University
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Ph.D. Student in Communications, Columbia University
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Director of the School of Justice Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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History Faculty, Bard Early College Baltimore
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John and Elizabeth Bates Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity, and Equality, University of Minnesota
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
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Professor and Associate Director, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
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Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
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Lecturer in Police Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, Ryerson University
