Racial Disparities in the Courts & Strategies

This course is designed to examine the best practices and strategies in addressing Racial Disparity over the past several years. This course is designed to be a short course of 1 hour in duration.  This course examines:

• What is the role of research in determining the degree of racial disparity in the criminal justice system?
• In which areas is racial disparity more readily apparent?
• Are there differing rates of disparity at different stages of the criminal justice system?
• What are the six steps to address racial disparity in the criminal justice system?
• What is implicit bias and how does it impact racial disparity in the criminal justice system?
• How can decision points where racial and ethnic disparities occur be identified?