Racial and Ethnic Criminal Justice Inequality

Equal access to education and employment opportunities is not a factor that contributes to racial and ethnic criminal justice inequality. In fact, it is a factor that can help to reduce inequality.

Racial profiling is the practice of targeting people of color for stops, searches, and arrests, even when they have not committed any crime.

Implicit bias is the unconscious bias that can lead people to make unfair or inaccurate judgments about people of color.

Mass incarceration is the practice of incarcerating large numbers of people, often for nonviolent offenses.

Stop-and-frisk is the practice of stopping and searching people without a warrant or probable cause.

Improved public safety is not a consequence of racial and ethnic criminal justice inequality. In fact, it is a consequence that is often sought by those who advocate for criminal justice reform.

All of the above are things that can be done to address racial and ethnic criminal justice inequality.

Black Lives Matter is the movement that seeks to end mass incarceration and address racial and ethnic criminal justice inequality.

The Sentencing Project is the organization that works to reduce the number of people who are incarcerated in the United States.

The Innocence Project is the organization that works to exonerate innocent people who have been wrongly convicted of crimes.

The Vera Institute of Justice is the organization that works to improve the criminal justice system by conducting research and developing policy recommendations.

Furman v. Georgia is the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional.

Gregg v. Georgia is the landmark Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty.

Roper v. Simmons is the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional for juveniles.

Kennedy v. Louisiana is the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional for people with intellectual disabilities.