Race and Criminal Justice

The Gonzaga Law Review has just published a symposium issue, Race and Criminal Justice in the West, with papers from a conference held Sept. 24, 2011. Contents are:

• Hon. Steven C. Gonzalez, Symposium Introduction, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 241 (2011)
• Hon. Barbara Madsen, Racial Bias in the Criminal Justice System, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 243 (2011)
• Task Force on Race and the Criminal Justice System, Preliminary Report on Race and Washington’s Criminal Justice System, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 251 (2011)
• Jacqueline Johnson, Ph.D., Mass Incarceration: A Contemporary Mechanism of Racialization in the United States, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 301 (2011)
• Christian M. Halliburton, Race, Brain Science, and Critical Decision-Making in the Context of Constitutional Criminal Procedure, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 319 (2011)
• Brooks Holland, Race and Ambivalent Criminal Procedure Remedies, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 341 (2011)
• Jennifer Rae Taylor, Constitutionally Unprotected: Prison Slavery, Felon Disenfranchisement, and the Criminal Exception to Citizenship Rights,47 Gonz. L. Rev. 365 (2011)
• Jason A. Gillmer, Crimes of Passion: The Regulation of Interracial Sex in Washington, 1855-1950,47 Gonz. L. Rev. 393 (2011)
• Sahar F. Aziz, Caught in a Preventive Dragnet: Selective Counterterrorism in a Post-9/11 America, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 429 (2011)
• Jesse J. Norris, J.D., Ph.D., State Efforts to Reduce Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice: Empirical Analysis and Recommendations for Action, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 493 (2011)
• Sahar Fathi, Race and Social Justice as a Budget Filter: The Solution to Racial Bias in the State Legislature? 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 531 (2011)
• Michael L. Vander Giessen, Legislative Reforms for Washington State’s Criminal Monetary Penalties, 47 Gonz. L. Rev. 547 (2011)

On May 3 (4:30-6:30 pm), the Washington Law Review and UW Law will host a roundtable discussion, Progress in Reducing Racial Disparities in Washington's Criminal Justice System.

For further reading, see our guide, Race in the Criminal Justice System.