Gang Affiliation Database
From the executive summary: “• Police increasingly replace stop-and-frisk practices with databases that crudely profile Black and Latinx youth based on their neighborhoods, peer groups, and clothing. • These databases ruin lives: police typecast minority youths as gang members without evidence, putting them at risk of false arrest and wrongful deportation. • Many police departments…
From the introduction: “This brief offers context on the youth criminalization crisis in the United States. We then outline a series of harmful elements in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Specifically, we review provisions that: • Increase funding for threat assessments, surveillance, and greater police presence in schools; • Expand data-sharing between law enforcement and…
From the introduction: “At the turn of the 20th century, states began creating juvenile justice systems because they recognized that children are different from adults, are capable of change, and need support and opportunities for healthy development. Unfortunately, over time these juvenile justice systems became a maze – with many entrances in, and few exits…
