{"id":770,"date":"2015-06-24T13:28:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T18:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~oliver\/wp\/?page_id=770"},"modified":"2015-07-31T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T15:37:24","slug":"racial-disparities-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~peoliver\/racial-disparities\/racial-disparities-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial Disparities Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Criminal Justice Statistics<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/backgrounder\/usa\/race\/\">Human Rights Watch race-specific incarceration rates for 2000<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ojp.usdoj.gov\/bjs\/\">Bureau of Justice Statistics Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icpsr.umich.edu\/NACJD\/archive.html\">ICPSR Criminal Justice Data Sets Download Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jrsainfo.org\/\">Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA)<\/a> is a national organization of state Statistical Analysis Center directors as well as analysts, researchers, and practitioners throughout the justice system.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ussc.gov\/\">The Sentencing Commission<\/a>.\u00a0 Information about crime, courts, criminal justice policy analysis, jails, prisons, race, economic class and reform.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bop.gov\/\">Federal Bureau of Prisons -National Institute of Corrections<\/a> Facts, statistics, weekly population reports, inmate programs and services. Information on federal inmates and links to state and local correction-related web sites.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albany.edu\/sourcebook\/\">Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online<\/a> Supported by Bureau of Justice Statistics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~oliver\/wp\/?page_id=858\">State Justice Statistics Links<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/crimjust\/\">American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section<\/a>\u00a0 This home page has links in a variety of directions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crim.ufl.edu\/pcp\/index.html\">Private Prisons links<\/a>\u00a0 Maintained by Charles Thomas, retired\u00a0 Professor of Criminology at the University of Florida.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/index.shtml\">Prison Policy Initiative<\/a> publishes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/prisonindex.shtml\">comprehensive handbook<\/a> of statistics about prisons.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetgangs.com\/\">Streetgangs.com<\/a> is maintained by a UCLA geographer who focuses on LA gangs. Maps and information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b><a name=\"Corrections\"><\/a>Corrections\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bop.gov\/\">Federal Bureau of Prisons<\/a>\u00a0 Quick Facts link to stats on inmates by race, ethnicity, age, gender, etc.\u00a0 Links to research and evaluation and other relevant sites.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/\">Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ojp.usdoj.gov\/nij\">National Institute of Justice<\/a>\u00a0 The research and development branch of the U.S. Dept. of Justice. Supports research, evaluation, and demonstration programs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicic.org\/\">National Institute of Corrections<\/a> Provides training, technical assistance, information services and policy\/program development assistance to federal, state and local corrections agencies.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corrections.com\">Corrections.com<\/a> A gateway site oriented to the corrections industry with direct links to a large number of professional corectional associations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corrections.com\/aca\/\">American Correctional Association<\/a> An organization of corrections professionals.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cusa.org\/\">Corrections USA<\/a> a web site for professional corrections officers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.officer.com\/\">http:\/\/www.officer.com\/<\/a> is a directory of law enforcement-related sites, including criminal justice.<\/li>\n<li>Sites critical of the prison industry\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/people\/feature\/2001\/08\/27\/convention\/\">http:\/\/www.salon.com\/people\/feature\/2001\/08\/27\/convention\/<\/a> another news article about the 131st Congress of Corrections<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoptheaca.org\/about\/indy\/index-en.html\">http:\/\/www.stoptheaca.org\/about\/indy\/index-en.html<\/a> an organizing site around protesting the prison industry convention with lots of links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a name=\"JuvenileJustice\"><\/a>Juvenile Justice<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~oliver\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1999-Juv-Just-OJJDP41.pdf\">Report on Minorities in the Juvenile Justice System from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildingblocksforyouth.org\/justiceforsome\/jfs.html\">&#8220;And Justice for Some&#8221;<\/a> report on racial disparities in juvenile justice.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ojjdp.gov\/\">Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention <\/a>Provides latest facts and figures on juvenile justice, delinquency prevention and violence and victimization.<\/li>\n<li>Juvenile Justice Links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a name=\"ActivismPolicy\"><\/a>Activism &amp; Policy<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<h4><b>Local<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/emum.org\/\">Madison area Urban Ministry&#8217;s\u00a0 Dialogue Series on Juvenile Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wccf.org\/\">Wisconsin Council on Children and Families<\/a> .<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicpolicyforum.org\/\">Public Policy Forum<\/a> is a business-supported nonpartisan public policy research organization based in Milwaukee.\u00a0 Their 1998 survey of Milwaukee residents found that a majority perceived crime as rising when, in fact, it has been falling and that the public prefers rehabilitative to punitive corrections policies.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/\">Prison Policy Initiative<\/a> conducts research and policy advocacy around incarceration policy. &lt;http:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/&gt; This group is also distributing web software to prison reform groups and trying to help build a prison reform web presence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>National<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.preventingcrime.org\/\">PreventingCrime.org<\/a>\u00a0 &#8220;<b>Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn&#8217;t, What&#8217;s Promising<\/b>&#8221; published by the National Institute of Justice, and other reports and links on preventing crime, including why trying juveniles as adults may backfire, and preventing gun violence.\u00a0 Reports available in brief and longer versions.\u00a0 Easy-to-read summaries of research.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asc41.com\/\">American Society of Criminology<\/a> Draft of National Policy White Paper <a href=\"http:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~oliver\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ascincarcerationdraft.pdf\">&#8220;The Use of Incarceration in the United States&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0 November 2000.\u00a0 National Policy Committee: James Austin, Marino A. Bruce, Leo Carroll, Patricia L. McCall, Stephen C. Richards.\u00a0 Comments are requested by the authors.\u00a0 Direct comments to <a href=\"mailto:Asstin@aol.com\">James Austin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sentencingproject.org\/\">The Sentencing Project<\/a>\u00a0 Advocates for shorter prison sentences.\u00a0 Policy articles, fact sheets.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonactivist.org\/\">Prison Activist Resource Center<\/a> (prisonactivist.org) &#8220;the source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system.&#8221; Well-organized and documented links to organizations and reports.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eisenhowerfoundation.org\/home.html\">Milton Eisenhower Foundation<\/a> supports grassroots &#8220;what works&#8221; programs; web page summarizes what works, what does not work. Has a section on prisons and criminal justice, including racial disparities.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildingblocksforyouth.org\/index.htm\">Building Blocks for Youth<\/a> is an alliance of\u00a0 professionals\u00a0 that seeks to protect minority youth in the justice system and promote rational and effective justice policies.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.civilrights.org\/policy_and_legislation\/pl_issues\/criminal_justice\/index.html\">&#8220;Justice on Trial: Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System.&#8221;\u00a0<\/a> Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.\u00a0 A comprehensive review of racial profiling, prosecution and sentencing disparities, with recommendations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjcj.org\/\">Justice Policy Institute<\/a> Center of Juvenile and Criminal Justice.\u00a0 A private non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce society&#8217;s reliance on the use of incarceration as a solution to social problems<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manhattan-institute.org\/\">Manhattan Institute<\/a> is a think tank whose mission is to develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility.\u00a0 Pushes &#8220;broken windows&#8221; policing.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manhattan-institute.org\/html\/cr_8.htm\">A cost-benefit analysis of incarceration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpri.org\/\">Wisconsin Policy Research Institute<\/a>\u00a0 There is no index to their many reports and articles which speak to public policy issues in Wisconsin, focusing on education, welfare and social services, criminal justice, taxes and spending, and economic development; also conducts a Wisconsin poll.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirdeyemovement.org\/\">Third Eye Movement<\/a> , a youth-led community organization based in the San Francisco- Oakland area\u00a0 which focuses on developing the consciousness and capacity of everyday people \u2014 primarily (though not exclusively) working class people of color.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.criticalresistance.org\/\">Critical Resistance<\/a>\u00a0 Conferences on the prison industrial complex.\u00a0 Has a long but unsorted page of links to other activist sites on criminal justice and related issues.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tigger.uic.edu\/~huk\/\">John Hagedorn&#8217;s web site on gangs and gang research<\/a>. He is a professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of several books and many articles.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.udayton.edu\/~race\/03justice\/crime.htm\">Criminal Justice section of Race, Racism and the Law<\/a> site on criminal justice, including links to articles on profiling, driving while black, etc.<\/li>\n<li>An <a href=\"http:\/\/brasscheck.com\/noprop21\/\">Anti-Prop 21<\/a> (Tough on Juvenile Crime) web page with links to on-line articles on the subject.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consensusproject.org\/\">ConsensusProject.Org<\/a> is a web site for the Criminal Justice \/ Mental Health Consensus Project, an unprecedented national, two-year effort to prepare specific recommendations that local, state, and federal policymakers and criminal justice and mental health professionals can use to improve the criminal justice system&#8217;s response to people with mental illness. Guided by a steering committee of six organizations, and advised by over 100 of the most respected criminal justice and mental health practitioners in the United States, the Consensus Project provides concrete, practical approaches that can be tailored to the unique needs of communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"DrugWar\"><\/a>Drug War, Drug Policy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~oliver\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/NIHMinoritydrugUse-report.pdf\">National Institute of Health (NIH) study &#8220;Drug Use Among Racial\/Ethnic Minorities&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drugwarfacts.org\/\">Drug War Facts<\/a>\u00a0 Researches and posts articles with full citations and credible facts on issues related to the drug war.<\/li>\n<li>Official statistics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oas.samhsa.gov\/WebOnly.htm#NHSDAtabs\">National Survey on Drug use and Health<\/a> on drug use. Buried in these tables is the little-publicized fact that rates of illegal drug use for young people under age 26 are much LOWER for African Americans than for Whites, and that even for adults, the rates of recent illegal drug use are only slightly higher for African Americans than for Whites.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drugsense.org\/\">Drug Sense.org<\/a>\u00a0 and its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapinc.org\/\">Media Awareness Project<\/a> provide accurate information relevant to drug policy in order to heighten awareness of the extreme damage being caused to our nation and the world by our current flawed and failed &#8220;War on Drugs.&#8221; We aim to inform the public of the existence of rational alternatives to the drug war, and to help organize citizens to bring about needed reforms.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drcnet.org\/\">Drug Reform Coordination Network<\/a> Extensive collection of news and analysis (updated often) plusa large archive of information and links. Recent sections on links between drug trade and terrorism.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drugwardistortions.org\/\">Drug War Distortions<\/a> a web site devoted to countering common misinformation about the &#8220;drug war.&#8221; Includes citations to relevant research literature.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/reports\/2000\/usa\/\">Human Rights Watch <\/a>Punishment and Prejudice: Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs. Analysis of prison admissions &amp; arrest data. A lot of facts &amp; figures.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateline.org\/\">Stateline.org<\/a>\u00a0 is a publication of the Pew Center on the States, which covers state-level news.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stateline.org\/story.cfm?storyid=113305\">News article<\/a>: governors are rethinking punitive drug policies in light of their failures and costs.<\/li>\n<li>These sites contain links to many other sites with a great deal of infomation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetgangs.com\/\">Streetgangs.com<\/a> is maintained by a UCLA geographer who focuses on LA gangs. Maps and information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"Publications\"><\/a>Publications and News Reports<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2000\/12\/03\/nyregion\/03TROO.html\">New York Times on racial profiling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~oliver\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pjim01.pdf\">Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2001<\/a>, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Wisconsin is #1 in black incarceration.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asc41.com\/\">American Society of Criminology<\/a> Draft of National Policy White Paper <a href=\"http:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~oliver\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ascincarcerationdraft.pdf\">&#8220;The Use of Incarceration in the United States&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0 November 2000.\u00a0 National Policy Committee: James Austin, Marino A. Bruce, Leo Carroll, Patricia L. McCall, Stephen C. Richards.\u00a0 Comments are requested by the authors.\u00a0 Direct comments to <a href=\"mailto:Asstin@aol.com\">James Austin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ssc.wisc.edu\/~oliver\/RACIAL\/Reports\/1999%20Juv%20Just%20OJJDP41.pdf\">Report on Minorities in the Juvenile Justice System from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildingblocksforyouth.org\/justiceforsome\/jfs.html\">&#8220;And Justice for Some&#8221;<\/a> report on racial disparities in juvenile justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"Prisonerpublications\"><\/a>Publications By or For Prisoners<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpp.org\/\">Journal of Prisoners on Prisons<\/a>\u00a0JPP is a prison written journal whose purpose is &#8220;to bring the knowledge and experience of the incarcerated to bear upon more academic arguments and concerns and to inform public discourse about the current state of our correctional institutions&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a name=\"Poverty\"><\/a>Poverty and Human Welfare\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssc.wisc.edu\/irp\/\">Wisconsin&#8217;s Institute for Research on Poverty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inequality.org\/\">Inequality.Org<\/a> A web site devoted to collecting and communicating information about economic inequalities. 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