Racial disparities in the criminal justice system are well documented and widespread. The
present review examines racial disparities in three areas of the system: policing, prison …

The police need public support and cooperation to be effective in controlling crime and
holding offenders accountable. In many disadvantaged communities of color, poor …

We assessed racial disparities in policing in the United States by compiling and analysing a
dataset detailing nearly 100 million traffic stops conducted across the country. We found that …

Objective: Attitudes toward marijuana are changing, the prevalence of DSM-IV cannabis use
disorder has increased, and DSM-5 modified the cannabis use disorder criteria. Therefore …

After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of incarceration in the
United States more than quadrupled in the past four decades. The Committee on the …

Historically, laws and policies to criminalize drug use or possession were rooted in explicit
racism, and they continue to wreak havoc on certain racialized communities. We are a group …

Health risk behaviours (HRB) across the lifespan have been associated with higher
cumulative physiological burden as measured by allostatic load (AL). This study examines …

Background In spite of the significant burden associated with substance use disorders,
especially among persons who inject drugs (PWIDs), most affected individuals do not …

Predictive modeling is increasingly being employed to assist human decision-makers. One
purported advantage of replacing or augmenting human judgment with computer models in …

Public debate and scholarly research has largely concentrated on the vast array of
disparities between blacks and whites in their treatment by and experiences with the …