Search results with tag "Disproportionate"
Michael Perry and Disproportionate Racial Impact
reason.comdisproportionate impact is not sufficient to make out an equal protection violation, and that a claimant must show that a discriminatory purpose was behind the government’s choice of
The Relationship between Poverty & Mass Incarceration
www.masslegalservices.orglead to a disproportionate impact for people of color. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with 730 prisoners for every 100,000 citizens, for a current total of more than 2.2 million prisoners.iii More than 60 percent of those in prison come from African American and Latino communities.iv ix
FEDERAL ARMED CAREER CRIMINALS
www.ussc.govMar 03, 2021 · The Armed Career Criminal Act. As part of the Comprehensive Crime Control . Act, Congress established the Armed Career . Criminal Act of 1984 in response to concerns that a small number of repeat offenders commit a disproportionate number of offenses. 6. The Act focuses on the incapacitation of these habitual . offenders by incarceration. 7
Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital
www.cms.govwith less than 100 beds. The MMA imposed a 12% DSH payment adjustment cap for certain hospitals, and exempts hospitals classified as Rural Referral Centers (RRCs), urban hospitals with 100 or more beds, and hospitals located in rural areas with 500 or more beds from the cap.
The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Race
drugpolicy.org2. Eliminate policies that result in disproportionate arrest and incarceration rates by changing police practices, rolling back harsh mandatory minimum sentences, and repealing sentencing disparities. 3. End policies that exclude people with a record of arrest or conviction from key rights and opportunities. These include barriers to voting,
Sexual violence & individuals who identify as lgbtq
nsvrc.orgdisproportionate rates of sexual assault against individuals who identify as LGBTQ and stresses the importance of LGBTQ-affirming, culturally competent services for sexual assault survivors. Methods: Gentlewarrior and Fountain explore multiple research papers on sexual assault against LGBTQ people published in the 1990s and 2000s. Key results:
Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Literature Review
ojjdp.ojp.govand ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system as disproportionate minority contact. DMC used to stand for disproportionate minority confinement. Confinement was changed to contact in 2002 because of disproportionality throughout all stages of the juvenile justice system (e.g., arrest, diversion,
Disproportionate use of police powers
www.justiceinspectorates.gov.ukthe disproportionate use of powers as a sign of discrimination, and so police legitimacy may be undermined. Stop and search is predominantly used to search for drugs.7 The high prevalence of searches for possession of drugs rather than supply potentially indicates that efforts are not being effectively focused on force priorities.