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Briefing Reports

Report Cover Assessing the Impact of Criminal Background Checks and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Conviction Records Policy

This report examines the impact of criminal background checks and the EEOC’s conviction records policy on employment of black and Hispanic workers. 
Report Cover for Statutory Enforcement 2013 Sexual Assault in the Military

This report examines how the Department of Defense and its Armed Services respond to Service members who report having been sexually assaulted and how it investigates and disciplines Service members accused of perpetrating sexual assault.
Report Cover for Statutory Enforcement 2012 Redistricting and the 2010 Census: Enforcing Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

This Report examines the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division’s enforcement of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in the 2011-2012 redistricting cycle.
Briefing Report Cover School Discipline and Disparate Impact

This report examines the effect that the U.S. Department of Education’s Fall 2010 Disparate Impact initiative has had on schools and school districts across the country.
Report Cover for Statutory Enforcement 2011 ​​​​​​​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.