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The Effect Of Court-Ordered Hiring Quotas On The Composition And Quality Of Police, Justin Mccrary
The Effect Of Court-Ordered Hiring Quotas On The Composition And Quality Of Police, Justin Mccrary
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Arguably the most aggressive affirmative action program ever implemented in the United States was a series of court-ordered racial hiring quotas imposed on municipal police departments. My best estimate of the effect of court-ordered affirmative action on work-force composition is a 14-percentage-point gain in the fraction African American among newly hired officers. Evidence on police performance is mixed. Despite substantial black-white test score differences on police department entrance examinations, city crime rates appear unaffected by litigation. However, litigation lowers slightly both arrests per crime and the fraction black among serious arrestees.
Some Reflections About Three Decades Of Working With Incarcerated Mothers, Philip Genty
Some Reflections About Three Decades Of Working With Incarcerated Mothers, Philip Genty
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Almost thirty years ago I was a second-year student in a law school clinic. I was making my first legal visit to a prison. My client, whom I will call "Dina," was meeting me to talk about some visitation issues with her young son. When she came into the visiting room she was poised and professional in demeanor. She began to explain that her son was being cared for by his paternal grandmother. The grandmother was unwilling to bring him to the prison to see her. As a result Dina had not seen her son for several months. Suddenly, and …