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Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change

byChad M. Topaz

Data scientist Chad M. Topaz demonstrates how quantitative evidence can expose unequal treatment in courts, policing, incarceration, hiring, education, and other institutions. Drawing on collaborative investigations, he explains how researchers obtain records, build datasets, test disparities, communicate uncertainty, and make findings usable to affected communities. The book also confronts the limits and risks of data, including biased inputs, misleading metrics, privacy concerns, and analysis detached from lived experience. Topaz presents public-interest data science as a tool for accountability whose value depends on transparency, partnership, and a clear path from measurement to change.

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

2026-06-02

Format

Hardcover

Pages

232

ISBN

9780691276151