U study provides new insight toward reducing racial bias in courtroom

(University of Minnesota) The study, titled 'Minority Mens Rea' and published in the Hastings Law Journal, offers positive news for a criminal justice system that has become keenly aware of the need for improved responses to race biases. Ultimately, Shen hopes further research will help the legal system better understand how implicit racial biases lead, or don't lead, to unjust outcomes.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news