Research & Publications

Publication
Oct 31, 2007
Racial Profiling Report
  • Criminal Justice|
  • +2 Issues

REPORT: Police Compliance with Web-Posting Provisions of the Racial Profiling Act (Oct 2007)

Police departments in the state are required to post their police complaint forms and procedures, but more than half have failed to do so, according to this report.
Publication
Sep 7, 2007
Redacted Document
  • Government Transparency

REPORT: The Public's Right to Know vs. The Public's Right to "No" (Sept 2007)

Publication
Jan 1, 2007
Racial Profiling
  • Racial Justice|
  • +1 Issue

REPORT: The Persistance of Racial Profiling in RI (Jan 2007)

Police departments continue to do very little to address racial profiling. Changes in law enforcement policies and practices are essential to adequately confront the issue.
Publication
Jan 9, 2006
Blurred Vision (Jan 2006)
  • Criminal Justice|
  • +1 Issue

REPORT: Blurred Vision (January 2006)

Publication
Nov 14, 2005
Racial Profiling
  • Racial Justice|
  • +1 Issue

REPORT: The Persistance of Racial Profiling in RI (Nov 2005)

The ACLU study found no real improvement in racial profiling data since our initial May 2005 analysis.
Publication
Aug 8, 2005
Driving While Black
  • Racial Justice|
  • +2 Issues

REPORT: Racial Profiling in RI: An Update (Aug 2005)

Police departments in the state are doing very little to address the well-documented problem of racial profiling that exists in their communities, and that changes in various law enforcement policies and practices that contribute to the problem are essential to adequately confront the issue.
Publication
May 3, 2005
Racial Profiling in RI
  • Racial Justice|
  • +2 Issues

REPORT: The Persistance of Racial Profiling in RI (May 2005)

This report found that many police departments in the state are failing to comply a racial profiling law that passed in 2004.
Publication
Apr 1, 2005
Digital Privacy
  • First Amendment

REPORT: Reader's Block: Internet Censorship in RI Public Libraries (April 2005)

This report disclosed that RI public libraries are filtering Internet content beyond what is required by federal law.
Publication
Sep 8, 2003
Digital Privacy
  • First Amendment

REPORT: Bowdler's Legacy - Internet Censorship in RI Public Libraries (Sept 2003)

This report is a survey of RI public libraries' policies governing “blocking software” and Internet access.