This Symposium, sponsored by the Temple Law Review and the Center for Public Health Law Research at the Temple University Beasley School of Law, asks how to move forward to make our complex criminal legal system healthier while avoiding the pressures to accept well-intentioned but ineffective interventions. Where do we need to go now to accurately diagnose the causes of dysfunction and then implement and evaluate reforms that make a measurable difference? What are the pressure points and levers for change in the law, in law enforcement practices, in democratic engagement, and in the level and distribution of resources for human well-being and security in our communities? How does the well-being of individuals and their communities rise to the top as the active force shaping security policies and practices? This Symposium will examine less obvious drivers of racial disparities in and exacerbated by the criminal legal system and under explored routes to causal change.
Registration is required, and has closed at this time.