Chairs:
Gary Wilson, Undersheriff, Denver Sheriff Department
Lisa Calderon, Director, Community Reentry Project
This Committee examines and makes policy and/or practice recommendations regarding racial and gender disparities in the criminal justice system. With community and system stakeholders, the Committee addresses community and criminal justice system relationships and facilitates integration of system-wide data collection processes and methods of analysis to address racial, ethnic and gender disparities. Currently, the Committee is in the process of reviewing and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data on gender and race/ethnicity based on various points of contact for which adult civilians in Denver have contact with the justice system.
RESOURCES:
The following is a compilation of resources regarding racial, ethnic, and gender overrepresentation and disparity issues in the criminal justice system:
Author: The Sentencing Project
Publication Date: 2008, Second Edition
Author: Hartney, Christopher and Lynh Vuong - National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Publication Date: March, 2009
Author: Nellis, Dr. Ashley
Publication Date: January, 2009
Author: Hinton Hoytt, Eleanor et al., The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Publication Date: January, 2007
Author: Multnomah County's Research and Evaluation Unit
Publication Date: June, 2006
Author: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Publication Date: August, 2009