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Racial
and Ethnic Issues: Resources
By
Melissa Moore
Census information
http://www.census.gov
Investigative Reporters and Editors
http://www.ire.org
Database of thousands of investigative stories on a wide variety
of topics, open to members of the group
FBI Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov
Look in the "Library & Reference" section
National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting
http://www.nicar.org
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
http://www.noblenatl.org
Police Executive Research Forum
http://www.policeforum.org
Look for the publication "Racially Biased Policing –
a Principled Response" (2002)
The Poynter Institute
http://www.poynter.org
A school for practicing journalists that holds seminars and publishes
works to aid journalists in their thinking about issues of how they
do their jobs
Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center at Northeastern
University
http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu
Profiles In Injustice
http://www.profilesininjustice.com
This site is to promote law professor David A. Harris' book of the
same name, but it has an excellent link to news articles related
to racial profiling and to other resources
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Tapping Officials' Secrets state-by-state guide to public records
laws
http://www.rcfp.org/tapping
The Sentencing Project
http://www.sentencingproject.org
An advocacy group for reducing "overincarceration"
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
Tons of government reports and statistics on scores of justice issues
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