Finding Discriminatory Legislative Intent of Statutes Showing Racially Disparate Impact

• In Event: Gender and Race in Criminal Justice Policy

Brief Overview

Using 13 million records from the North Carolina Courts, we assess laws that exhibit a racially disparate impact, identify the year the underlying statute was passed, and then use archival analysis to establish the legislative intent.

Authors

• Kaneesha Johnson, Harvard University

• Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Christian J Caron, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Marty A Davidson, University of Michigan