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Justice in Decision-Making: Studying Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office
The Brooklyn DA’s office partnered with the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG) to conduct a systematic baseline assessment of racial and ethnic disparities across prosecutorial decision-making. ISLG’s findings suggest evidence of disparities at key decision-making points, but they were not as widespread across all points; moreover, they often lessened or even disappeared when demographics, criminal history, and case characteristics were accounted for.