W&C Reconsidered: Race and Crime in America

Women and Crime

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True Crime, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Ep 259: Reconsidered: 19 - Race & Crime in America Original Airdate: 06/09/20 As the country faces a crisis in race and justice, the cases we discuss today have helped bring our attention to some of the most significant injustices and important issues, but do we know the whole story and even when we do, what can we do about it? In today's episode, we use the stories of females to explore both the problems and some of the possible solutions to racism in our criminal justice system. Women & Crime: Reconsidered is where we revisit our episode catalog and bring new insights, behind the scenes or updates. Sources for Today's Episode: Bureau of Justice Statistics FBI’s Uniform Crime Report Sentencing Project: Report to the UN on Racial Disparities in the US Criminal Justice System New York Times National Registry of Exonerations The Innocence Project Recommended readings: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race/Beverley Daniel Tatum/2017 White Rage/Carol Anderson/2017 The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness/Michelle Alexander/2010 Just Mercy/Bryan Stevenson/2014 Recommended Documentaries: 13th When They See Us Gideon’s Army Credits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Help is Available: If you or someone you know is in a crisis situation, or a victim of domestic, or other violence, there are many organizations that can offer support or help you in your specific situation. For direct links to these organizations please visit https://womenandcrimepodcast.com/resources/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Amara, host to Black Girl Gone at a true crime podcast.
0:04.4	For over four years and more than 200 episodes, I've been telling the stories of missing and murdered black women and girls, stories that are too often ignored.
0:12.7	These are real lives, real families, and real cases that deserve the spotlight.
0:17.6	If you're looking for true crime with heart, purpose, and a mission for justice,
0:22.2	this is it. Listen to Black Girl Gone on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your
0:28.1	podcast. Their stories matter, and I won't stop telling them.
0:45.8	Welcome to Women in Crime, Reconsidered, where we revisit our catalog and bring new insights and updates.
0:50.7	Today's episode is episode number 19, Race and Crime in America.
0:56.2	Megan, this was the first and only episode of its kind. And rather than focus on a specific case or individual, this episode examines the role of race in our system. And as you and I both
1:03.2	know, and as we always say in our classes, you simply cannot talk about one without the other.
1:08.9	No, you can't. And you teach a course specifically on race and crime,
1:12.5	right? Or you have? Yes, for the last actually probably seven or eight years I have. Okay.
1:17.5	Yes, and I'll talk about that a little bit because that becomes relevant to part of our conversation.
1:22.6	As always, be sure to stick around after today's episode for an analysis and discussion on the current state
1:28.3	of race and crime in our country. Have things gotten better or worse in the past five years?
1:33.3	And how can we even measure this? We'll get to all of this and more. But for now, let's hear
1:38.4	our original coverage of race and crime in America. As the country faces a crisis in race and justice,
1:45.1	the cases we discussed today have helped bring our attention
1:47.7	to some of the most significant injustices and important issues.
1:51.8	But what can we actually do about it?
2:04.6	This is episode 19, race and crime in America. This is episode 19, race and some new patrons.
2:29.6	Actually, we have two former students.
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