Racial bias permeates every stage of the criminal justice system

Evidence

To our knowledge, this volume is the first to address the impact of racial bias in the full roster of criminal justice actors—from legislators crafting criminal justice legislation to community enforcement (neighbors calling police on neighbors) to police enforcement, from prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys to judges and jurors. Understanding when and why bias arises, as well as how it impacts defendants, requires understanding each of these actors. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 24

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 24