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Volume 66 Summer 2003Number 3

The New Data: Over-Representation of Minorities in the Criminal Justice System

Andrew E. Taslitz
Special Editor
Foreword: The Political Geography of Race Data in the Criminal Justice System Andrew E. Taslitz1
Study Habits: Probing Modern Attempts to Assess Minority Offender Disproportionality Sharon L. Davies 17
Enforcing Bias-Crime Laws Without Bias: Evaluating the Disproportionate-Enforcement Critique Frederick M. Lawrence 49
The Reality of Racial Disparity in Criminal Justice: The Significance of Data Collection David A. Harris 71
From the Ne'er-Do-Well to the Criminal History Category: The Refinement of the Actuarial Model in Criminal Law Bernard E. Harcourt 99
Drug Wars in Black and White Joseph E. Kennedy 153
Race, Crime, and Institutional Design Erik Luna 183
Racial Auditors and the Fourth Amendment: Data with the Power to Inspire Political Action Andrew E. Taslitz 221