Ethnic Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System -A policy briefing by EQUAL
Ethnic Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System -A policy briefing by EQUAL
Published: January 2023
Six years on from the landmark Lammy Review (2017) into the treatment of, and outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) individuals in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) [1], new research reveals compelling evidence that race and ethnicity still play a significant role in remand and sentencing decisions.
Lymperopoulou, K. (2022) Data Insight:
Ethnic Inequalities in Sentencing in the Crown Court - Evidence from the MoJ Data First Criminal Justice Datasets, Swindon: ADR UK
Published: September 2022
This Data Insight draws on Data First magistrates’ and Crown Court datasets to examine ethnic disproportionality in court outcomes and the extent of ethnic disparities in imprisonment for defendants sentenced in the Crown Court after adjusting for defendant and case characteristics.
Lymperopoulou, K. (2022) Data Explained:
Ethnic Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System, Swindon: ADR UK
Published: August 2022
This Data Explained summarises experiences and learning from working with the magistrates’ and Crown Court datasets in the course of producing research into ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system.
Ethnic Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System
Blog: 3 August 2021
ADR UK Research Fellow Kitty Lymperopoulou discusses how her work will draw on the Data First magistrates’ and Crown Court datasets to generate new evidence on the extent and drivers of ethnic inequalities in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
