ERIC Number: EJ1218989
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 19
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The Brokenness of Broken Windows: An Introductory Statistics Project on Race, Policing, and Criminal Justice
Warner, Jared
PRIMUS, v29 n3-4 p281-299 2019
We describe a semester-long project for an introductory statistics class that studies the broken windows theory of policing and the related issues of race, policing, and criminal justice. The most impactful feature of the project is the data-collection phase, in which students attend and observe a public arraignment court session. This "Court Monitoring Project" was completed in partnership with the Police Reform Organizing Project, a New York City non-profit organization. The mathematical student learning outcomes of the project emphasize the construction and interpretation of various graphical representations of data (contingency tables, bar charts, histograms, box plots, and scatter plots).
Descriptors: Police, Race, Correctional Rehabilitation, Statistics, Student Projects, Introductory Courses, Court Litigation, Data Collection, Partnerships in Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Outcomes of Education, Data Interpretation, Social Justice, Crime, Disproportionate Representation, Violence, Correlation, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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