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Task Force Ops: "Pulling Back the Curtain" with the Women in Criminal Justice Task Force

October 20, 2021 The Criminal Justice Section of the ABA Season 3 Episode 35
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Task Force Ops: "Pulling Back the Curtain" with the Women in Criminal Justice Task Force
Show Notes

Featuring: Maryam Ahranjani, Associate Professor and Don L. & Mabel F. Dickason Professor with the University of New Mexico School of Law. Reporter of the Task Force: Women in Criminal Justice.

Yaamini Rao, Deputy Public Defender at Santa Clara County Public Defender's Office. Advisory Board member and Data Committee Co-chair.

The Task Force: Women in Criminal Justice join us to discuss their final report “Pulling Back the Curtain”. Further we discuss the impact of the listening sessions conducted by the Task Force and models for how these reports can help criminal justice practitioners across the country. And now that the report is published, the Task Force has plans to pressure test their recommendations. Maryam shares with us their plans and what we should expect looking forward.

Pulling Back the Curtain

"Toughen Up, Buttercup" versus #TimesUp: Initial Findings of the ABA Women in Criminal Justice Task Force

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