What Are the Causes of Racial Differences in Arrests?

June 24, 2013

Racial Differences in Arrests: Are Community–Police Partnerships a Solution? (June 17, 2013)

At a recent event in Open Society Institute–Baltimore’s Talking About Race Series, Baltimore’s own Lieutenant Colonel Melvin Russell and national scholar Dr. Phillip Goff addressed some provocative issues: What are the underlying causes of racial differences in arrests? What role does implicit bias play? Can communities and police work together in a meaningful way?

Listen to the discussion above.

Topics

Criminal Justice, Discrimination

Local Knowledge

A Quarter Century of Change in Baltimore

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Open Society opened a Baltimore office 25 years ago as a testing ground for addressing critical urban issues. As the Foundations streamline their efforts, a look back at the idea and the impact of this groundbreaking office.

April 12, 2023 | Aryeh Neier

Drug Policy

Three Decades of Drug Policy Reform Work

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Over the past 30 years, Open Society has been the largest philanthropic supporter of efforts to reform drug policy and promote harm reduction around the world. This is a timeline of the Foundations’ pathbreaking work.

November 16, 2021

Racial Justice Matters

Open Society’s History Fighting for Racial Justice in the United States

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For decades, George Soros and the Open Society Foundations have invested in racial equity and the movement to dismantle systemic forms of discrimination—from the drug war to segregated schools and housing to securing the right to vote.

July 13, 2020

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