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Race on the Agenda

Supplement 31 (Winter 2007).

Addressing Disproportionality in the Criminal Justice System

Neena Samota, Policy and Research Manager, NACRO

Disproportionality, or disproportionate representation, based on ethnicity is a core challenge for the criminal justice system (CJS) in England and Wales. The Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) report on Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System, published in May 2007, succinctly concluded that...