Children of color are overrepresented in the child welfare system, and Black children have
been most significantly impacted by this racial disproportionality. Racial disproportionality in …

There are persistent racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system. The current
paper reviews how and whether public and private strategies have effectively reduced such …

Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and
adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to …

The law governing children is complex, sometimes appearing almost incoherent. The
relatively simple framework established in the Progressive Era, in which parents had primary …

The juvenile court lies at the intersection of youth policy and crime policy. Its institutional
practices reflect our changing ideas about children and crime control. The Evolution of the …

For many years, notes Alex Piquero, youth of color have been overrepresented at every
stage of the US juvenile justice system. As with racial disparities in a wide variety of social …

Evidence suggests that the current mental health system is failing in the provision of quality
mental health care for diverse children and families. This paper discusses one critical …

This research investigates the source of Black–White differences in drug arrests by
conducting a neighborhood-level test of the differential police scrutiny and racially …

This article describes the current status of minority youths in juvenile justice systems. With
nearly 20 years of federal support, there has been considerable research attention to …

Few features of the juvenile justice system are better documented than the long-standing
and pronounced disparities in the processing of white and minority youths. Nationally …