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Enhancing Justice: Reducing Bias Sarah E Redfield ISBN 9781634258371

Enhancing Justice: Reducing Bias is the product of an exceptional and diverse group of contributors whose combined expertise brings depth, credibility, and insight to the complex issue of implicit bias. Judges, attorneys, social scientists, academics, and experienced trainers collaborated to translate cutting-edge research into meaningful guidance for the justice system. The result is a balanced and thoughtful resource that offers both conceptual perspective and practical strategies drawn from multiple disciplines.

While the authors may differ in their views on certain approaches, the book remains firmly grounded in current best practices for identifying, understanding, and reducing the effects of implicit bias in courts. It is designed to help legal professionals “break the bias habit” by increasing awareness of unconscious bias, strengthening procedural fairness, improving culturally competent communication across diverse communities, and fostering a sustained commitment to mindfulness in decision-making.

Echoing W. E. B. DuBois’s observation of the enduring “color line,” this book challenges readers to engage in honest self-reflection and to examine their own assumptions and attitudes—work that is often uncomfortable but essential. Enhancing Justice: Reducing Bias serves as both an entry point and a practical roadmap for this introspection, offering tools and frameworks aimed at reducing discriminatory outcomes. Ultimately, it aspires to support the development of a judicial system that not only strives for impartiality and fairness, but is also widely perceived as just and equitable.

Enhancing Justice: Reducing Bias Sarah E Redfield ISBN 9781634258371, 978-1634258371 & 9781634258388

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Sarah E Redfield