21st Century Guide to Civil Rights at the U.S. Justice Department: Civil Rights Enforcement in the Ashcroft Era, Americans with Disabilities (ADA) and ... Rights, Hate Crimes, Reproductive Care Access

This comprehensive CD-ROM provides a thorough guide to the work of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Every aspect of their work, from racial discrimination to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), is covered.

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Major Subject Coverage includes: Division Overview; Section Sites; FOIA; Press Releases; Speeches and Statements; Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs); Special Topics; Cases and Briefs. Civil Rights Division Section coverage includes: Appellate (Overview, Briefs and Opinions, FAQs); Coordination and Review; Criminal; Disability Rights; Educational Opportunities; Employment Litigation; Housing and Civil Enforcement; Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices; Special Litigation; Voting Rights.

Voting Rights coverage includes National Voter Registration; National Voter Registration Act of 1993: Provisions and Enforcement; Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA): Provisions, Administration, and Enforcement; Redistricting; Archives of Notices of Preclearance Activity under the Voting Rights Act of 1965: April 1998 through December 2001; Redistricting Points of Contact; Minority Language Citizens Section 203; The Attorney General's Language Minority Guidelines; Voting Rights Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs); Restoring Your Right to Vote; Restoring Your Right to Vote State by State; Redistricting Guidelines; The Right to Vote: How Federal Law Protects You.

Civil Rights Division Criminal Section: Overview and History; Mission; What We Do; Who We Are

Civil Rights Division Criminal Section prosecutorial responsibilities include Hate Crimes; Official Misconduct; Peonage and Involuntary Servitude; Interference with Access to Reproductive Health Care; Interference with the Exercise of Religious Beliefs and Destruction of Religious Property

Civil Rights Division Criminal Section Statutes Enforced include: Conspiracy Against Rights; Criminal Interference with Right to Fair Housing; Damage to Religious Property; Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law; Federally Protected Activities; Freedom of Access to Clinics; Involuntary Servitude and Peonage; Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000

Civil Rights Division Criminal Section Selected Case Summaries of cases involving Official Misconduct; Racial Violence; Involuntary Servitude

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