Disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system: An investigation of ethnic disparity in program referral at disposition

被引:14
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作者
Campbell, Nordia A. [1 ]
Barnes, Ashlee R. [2 ]
Mandalari, Amber [4 ]
Onifade, Eyitayo [3 ]
Campbell, Christina A. [4 ]
Anderson, Valerie R. [4 ]
Kashy, Deborah A. [1 ]
Davidson, William S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Michigan State Univ, Dept Psychol, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[2] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Sch Govt & Publ Affairs, Richmond, VA USA
[3] Florida A&M Univ, Tallahassee, FL USA
[4] Univ Cincinnati, Sch Criminal Justice, Cincinnati, OH USA
关键词
Disposition; disproportionate minority contact; juvenile offenders; program referral; race/ethnicity; recidivism; risk assessment;
D O I
10.1080/15377938.2017.1347544
中图分类号
DF [法律]; D9 [法律];
学科分类号
0301 ;
摘要
Historically, minority youth have experienced harsher punishments and more negative outcomes than White youth even when risk assessment is used. The current study investigated the role of ethnicity in an understudied dispositional decision-program referral-and the outcomes associated with said referral using a sample of juvenile offenders (N = 2,678). The study used the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) to determine (1) if ethnicity predicted program referral when accounting for risk assessment and (2) if program referral predicted recidivism. Results indicated that ethnicity predicted program referral, and program referral predicted recidivism. Future directions for Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) research and implications for court officials are discussed.
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页码:77 / 98
页数:22
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