Document Type
Honors Paper
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
This project seeks to investigate implicit racial bias in the prosecution section of the criminal justice system and calculate its potential economic consequences. Combining past research and analyses of racial bias in other contexts with evaluations of legal rulings and precedents that hinder effective reform, potential areas for change and further study are identified. An experiment is designed to identify racial bias within the context of a drug offense where race and strength of evidence are isolated variables. Subsequent results are analyzed in the context of economic and social cost to both individuals and the United States as a whole.
Recommended Citation
Duseau, Brianna, "Implicit Bias in the Criminal Justice System: An Economic Review" (2019). Economics Honors Papers. 30.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/econhp/30
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