Enhancing Justice ― Reducing Bias

This book helps explain how many who pride themselves on being fair can be part of a system which is widely seen as unfair by those who have historically been victims of bias and prejudice. The central focus of the book is on the different approaches that courts can use to lessen the impact of implicit bias by “breaking the bias habit.”

Sarah E. Redfield, of York, ME., is Professor Emerita at the University of New Hampshire School of Law and Affiliate Professor at the University of New Hampshire College of Education. Her primary practice and teaching area is education law (including special education). Her primary research focus is diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and along the education pipeline. Her recent research and scholarship focuses on implicit bias and group dynamics at all levels. She is currently serves on the American Bar Association (ABA) Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice and is co-chair of the Town Halls initiative on the School to Prison Pipeline. She is a member of the Criminal Justice Council and the Criminal Justice Section Racial & Ethnic Justice & Diversity Committee. She is the recipient of the ABA Sadie Alexander award for lifetime achievement for her work with diversity and the education pipeline.