The following books and documentaries may be of interest to those seeking more information about racial and ethnic bias and its impact on the criminal justice system.
Books:
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- No Innocent Bystanders. Becoming An Ally In The Struggle For Justice, by Shannon Craigo-Snell and Christopher J. Doucot. Westminster John Knox Press, 2017
- Chokehold: Policing Black Men, by Paul Butler. New York: The New Press, 2017
- Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequalities in America, by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2014.
- Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison, by Nell Bernstein. New York: The New Press, 2014.
- Let’s Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice, by Paul Butler. New York: The New Press, 2009.
Former Prosecutor Pens a Hip-Hop Theory of Justice, November 9, 2009 NPR Interview with Paul Butler
- The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander. New York: The New Press, 2010.
- Punishing Race: A Continuing American Dilemma (Studies in Crime and Public Policy), by Michael Tonry. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
- The Presumption of Guilt: The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Race, Class and Crime in America, by Charles Ogletree. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Blindspot: The Hidden Biases of Good People, by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald. New York: Delacorte Press, 2013.
Documentaries:
- The House I Live In, directed by Eugene Jarecki
- Broken On All Sides, directed by Matthew Pillischer
- The Central Park 5, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon