Annual Statutory Enforcement Reports
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Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response This report focuses on the government‘s efforts to enforce federal civil rights laws with respect to peer-to-peer violence based on race, national origin, sex, disability, religion, and sexual orientation or gender identity. |
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Race Neutral Enforcement of the Law? DOJ and the New Black Panther Party Litigation This report examines the U.S. Department of Justice’s legal and policy rationales for dismissing a civil voter intimidation lawsuit against three of four defendants and reducing the relief requested against the fourth, despite the case being in default. |
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Civil Rights and the Mortgage Crisis This report examines whether federal efforts to increase homeownership rates among minority and low-income individuals may have unintentionally weakened underwriting standards and lending policies to the point that too many borrowers were vulnerable to financial distress and heightened risk of default. |
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Enforcing Religious Freedom In Prison This report examines government efforts to enforce federal civil rights laws prohibiting religious discrimination in the administration and management of federal and state prisons. |
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Becoming Less Separate?: School Desegregation, Justice Department, and the Pursuit of Unitary Status This report examines what effect the increase in the number of schools obtaining unitary status has had on the racial balance of schools that were previously under court order. |