Dominant theoretical explanations of racial disparities in criminal offending overlook a key
risk factor associated with race: interpersonal racial discrimination. Building on recent …

Evidence is accumulating that interpersonal racial discrimination is criminogenic and ethnic-
racial socialization (ERS) practices provide resilience. This research, however, has largely …

Taking a “strength approach” to African American families and cultures, recent research
demonstrates that familial racial socialization provides resilience to the criminogenic effects …

Recent studies evince that interpersonal racial discrimination (IRD) increases the risk of
crime among African Americans and familial racial socialization fosters resilience to …

The current study draws on two cohorts of African American youths from the Project on
Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, Longitudinal Cohort Study to examine …

Prominent explanations of the overrepresentation of Black Americans in criminal justice
statistics focus on the effects of neighborhood concentrated disadvantage, racial isolation …

To understand racial disproportionality in juvenile delinquency, we studied relationships
between 2 possible contributors: effects of manifestations of a structural factor (racism) and …

Blacks and Latinos have higher levels of offending than Whites for violent crimes.
Researchers have examined a range of explanations that primarily focus on race and have …

There is a growing body of research linking racial and ethnic discrimination to adverse youth
outcomes. Beyond experienced racial and ethnic discrimination, this study considers the …

Disproportionate involvement in violent behavior among African American, versus white,
adolescents is a major arena of debate in the social sciences. The individual difference …