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PRESS ROOM

Welcome to the IRJ Press Room. The Institute on Race and Justice is a leading resource for information on race and justice issues and is continually striving to make information available to interested communities.

This section provides quick access to information about the Institute including general information about the Institute, biographies of IRJ leadership, press releases, and key publications. Please contact the Institute at irj@neu.edu or 617-373-2271 if you need any additional information that is not listed here.

General Information about IRJ

• History and Mission

IRJ logos

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Biographies of IRJ Leadership

• Jack McDevitt, Director
  
• Amy Farrell, Associate Director and Principal Research Scientist
  
• Lisa Bailey, Assistant Director of Community Relations
  
• William Rodriguez, Community Advisory Board Co-Chair
  
• Sam Williams, Community Advisory Board Co-Chair

Press Coverage

• Traffic-stops study finds racial disparity, Bruce Landis, The Providence Journal, March 29, 2005
  
• Op-Ed: Looking Deeper at Racial Profiling, Jack McDevitt and Lisa Bailey, Boston Globe, August 2, 2003
  
• Editorial: The Path from Prison, Boston Globe, May 26, 2003
  
• Urging attention to profiling, prisons: Angela Davis lauds Northeastern research on race, justice, Brian Lee, NU Voice, March 18, 2003
  
• One story, 'two towns': Filmmaker tells story of murder in Jasper, Texas, Brian Lee, NU Voice, February 25, 2003

IRJ Press Releases

• Leading Deans Launch School-to-Prison Pipeline Conference, May 15, 2003

Recent Reports and Publications

• Quarterly Report on Rhode Island Traffic Stop Data for October, November and December 2004 (pdf), March 20, 2005
• Bridging the Information Disconnect in National Bias Crime Reporting Executive Summary (pdf)
• Bridging the Information Disconnect in National Bias Crime Reporting Full Report (pdf)
• Massachusetts Racial and Gender Profiling Final Report (pdf), May 4, 2004
• Massachusetts Racial and Gender Profiling Study Final Report Executive Summary (pdf), May 4, 2004
• Massachusetts Racial and Gender Profiling Technical Report (pdf), May 4, 2004
• Massachusetts Racial and Gender Profiling Study – Preliminary Tables (excel file - 1.7 MB), January 20, 2004
• Massachusetts Racial and Gender Profiling Study – Preliminary Tabulations (pdf file - 2.1 MB), January 20, 2004
• Rhode Island Traffic Stop Statistics Act Final Report (pdf), June 30, 2003
• Rhode Island Traffic Stop Statistics Act Final Report, Executive Summary (pdf), June 30, 2003