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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Disproportionate minority contact"”.
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Juvenile Injustice: Disproportionate Minority Contact in Oklahoma's Juvenile Justice System
<p>Statistics show that minority overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system is not a new phenomenon. The problem, however, is not going away and might even be getting worse. In 2008, the FBI's Uniform Crime Report showed that 52% of juvenile Violent Crime Index arrests, and 33% of juvenile …
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Reducing Disparities in the Adult Criminal Justice System: Creating a Model for Denver County
… to employ the methods as outlined in the OJJDP's Disproportionate Minority Contact Technical Assistance Manual for identifying and reducing the overrepresentation of people of color in the local criminal justice system, and to tie funding when possible to involvement by local agencies in reducing …
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Do Objective Measures reduce the Disproportionate Rates of Minority Youth Placed in Detention: Validation of a Risk Assessment Instrument?
… juvenile justice system, often referred to as disproportionate minority contact (DMC) can be found at many stages of the juvenile justice continuum. Further, research has shown that overrepresentation is not necessarily related to higher rates of criminal activity and suggests that case …
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Examining the Contextual Effects of Racial Profiling, and the Long-Term Consequences of Punitive Interventions: Testing Labeling Theory with the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Data
<p>The overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system has been well documented. More research has, however, been needed on levels of discrimination, particularly on potential biases in the earliest point of contact, such as police decisions to stop and arrest young people. …