Psychiatric disorder prevalence has been shown demonstrably higher among justice-
involved adolescents than youth in the general population. Yet, among arrested juveniles …

Using large-sample, archival data from the state of South Carolina's juvenile justice agency,
we examine the question of race differences in predictors of repeat offending for a sample of …

Predicting juvenile court outcomes based on youthful offenders' delinquency risk factors is
important for the adolescent social work field as well as the juvenile justice system. Using a …

Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) is a pervasive problem throughout the juvenile
justice system. This article explored whether mental illness may be an explanatory factor in …

This chapter examines the relationship between race and ethnicity and serious juvenile
offending through the use of data from the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and self-report and …

The previous chapter (Bishop 2005) makes it clear that minority youth are overrepresented
in the juvenile justice system, and small differences in the handling of cases at early stages …

Research over the past four decades on decision-making in the juvenile justice system has
frequently shown evidence of racial and ethnic disparity when it comes to processing …

We used data from a national survey to examine arrest rate disparities between African
American and White adolescents (aged 12–17 years; n= 6725) in relation to drug-related …

One of the most consistent findings in the criminological literature is that African American
males are arrested, convicted, and incarcerated at rates that far exceed those of any other …

Mental health placement rates by the juvenile justice system differ by race. However, it is
unknown whether mental health needs differ by race. This study attempted to investigate …