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Revisiting Race, Criminal Justice and Health
What Has -- and Has Not Changed -- in the U.S.

Summary

Since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, last year, the U.S. has seen the growth of a new social movement that has focused national attention on policing tactics, criminal justice, and the continued health and social inequalities confronting black Americans today. Legislation that would require states to notify the U.S. Justice Department of all police shootings, fatal and non-fatal, has been introduced. President Obama made an historic visit to a federal prison to draw attention to the need for criminal justice reform. This Forum explored these efforts and other policy shifts over the past year, looking at what has — or has not — occurred in addressing these serious problems facing black Americans in today’s policing policies, the operation of the criminal justice system, and the continued presence of inequitable health and social conditions.

This discussion built upon a February 2015 Forum production that examined the intersection of race with policing practices, neighborhood environments, educational and employment opportunities, and other factors that impact health. We reconvened that panel of public health, social justice and legal experts to further explore their recommendations and the ongoing challenges of creating policy change.

Brief Video Highlight

Part of: Policy Controversies.

Presented in Collaboration with PRI’s The World & WGBH

Image Credit: © iStockphoto.com/Alex_Schmidt

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Moderator

Phillip Martin
Senior Investigative Reporter, GBH Center for Investigative Reporting

Expert Participants

Jim Doyle
Health Care Lawyer and Former Governor and Attorney General of Wisconsin

Felton Earls
Professor of Human Behavior and Development, Emeritus, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Professor of Social Medicine, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School

David Harris
Managing Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School

Nancy Krieger
Professor of Social Epidemiology, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

David Williams
Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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