The Criminal Law Reform Project.
An Overview of the Experiences of LGBT Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
This lesson provides an opportunity for students to reflect on the killing of Michael Brown through the lens of race, privilege and power. Students will learn more about unearned privilege, examine the various levels of racial disparities in the criminal justice system and explore the role white privilege plays in the different interactions whites and people of color have with community service providers, such as law enforcement.
This lesson provides an opportunity for students to discuss the homicide of Renisha McBride, who was shot to death while seeking help after being in a car accident. Students will analyze the role of self-defense and racial profiling.
This lesson provides an opportunity for high school students to understand more about the School-to-Prison Pipeline, learn about its history and evolution and begin to plan some activities to teach others about it and take action.
Working to end mass incarceration.
AFSC's Lewis Webb, Jr., on how young men of color are channeled out of schools and into prisons, where their value is seen in dollars rather than as human beings.
PA report from the prison watch community oversight initiative re.NJ jails.
The meaning of the Second Amendment has long been debated. In two rulings, the Supreme Court has decided that an individual has the right to own a gun for personal use and that the Second Amendment “applies equally to the federal government and the states.”
Podcast. On this episode of BackStory, Brian, Nathan and Joanne reflect on the history of prison labor and learn more about the challenges facing those behind bars.
Stop and Frisk
In this inquiry, students investigate police and policing reform in historical and modern contexts. Framed by the compelling questionㄧHow should we reform policing?ㄧstudents explore the form and function of policing in order to evaluate reforms and create their own reform policy proposal. First, students examine the purpose of policing, considering the role police play in […]
The World's Constitutions to Read, Search, and Compare
The Center For Restorative Justice Works re-weaves the web of relationships that have been torn apart by crime and the policies of the criminal justice system.
Should our democracy require health care providers to report domestic abuse to the police? Materials | Audio | Poll | Links to Principles of Democracy | Resources
Should violent juvenile offenders be punished as adults? Materials | Audio | Poll | Links to Principles of Democracy | Resources In our democracy,
Nobody knows how many hate crimes and bias incidents take place each year in the U.S. Help @DocumentHate track them.
Resources that are geared toward the ways in which behavioral ethics and general ethics may influence law and policy as well as some pragmatic approaches to understanding …
Help students become informed and effective civic participants in today's digital landscape. This unit is design to develop students' critical thinking, news literacy, civic engagement, and social-emotional skills and competencies.
Data on crimes motivated by bias against race, gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity, including those committed by or directed toward juveniles.
This lesson provides an opportunity for high school students to discuss the case of Freddie Gray’s death and the protests that took place in Baltimore and elsewhere. In the lesson, students will learn more about the case, read and analyze several op-eds about it and use what they learned to write their own argumentative essays with a specific point of view and evidence to support their positions.
Documentaries and associated learning materials
HBO documentary .
