Jacinta M. Gau

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    Selection procedures which favor whites mean that racial minorities are significantly underrepresented on juries.

Selection procedures which favor whites mean that racial minorities are significantly underrepresented on juries.

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A disproportionately high number of criminal defendants are black and Latino, and yet trial juries tend to be mostly white. In new research into how juries are made up in a southeastern state, Jacinta M. Gau finds that more than 60 percent of juries were majority-white. She writes that this lack of minority representation on juries is likely down […]

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    For veterans in prison, longer military service is linked to lower rates of overall offending.

For veterans in prison, longer military service is linked to lower rates of overall offending.

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About 13 percent of Americans have served in the military at some point in their lives, an experience which research has shown is beneficial for people’s educational and employment opportunities. Erika J. Brooke and Jacinta M. Gau explore the effects of military service on veterans’ involvement with the criminal justice system, finding that among prison inmates, military service is […]

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    Why more diverse police forces may not solve the problems which exist between police and disadvantaged communities of color.

Why more diverse police forces may not solve the problems which exist between police and disadvantaged communities of color.

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In the wake of the tragedies of the past year in places such as Ferguson and New York and Baltimore where black men have been killed by police officers, many have called for reforms to the police, pushing for greater diversity among police departments. But do black officers have an advantage over white officers in building relationships with black […]

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