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 …

Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) has been a perplexing problem for the juvenile
justice system, and recognized as a national priority since the 1980s. The over …

The American juvenile justice system is characterized by the overrepresentation of youth of
color that is particularly acute for Black children even at young ages. Despite policy solutions …

This study prospectively examines the transition from the child welfare system into the
juvenile justice system among 10,850 maltreated children and adolescents and explores …

Written by two of the most prominent criminologists in the field, Race and Crime, 6th Edition
takes an incisive look at the intersection of race and ethnicity and the criminal justice system …

Objectives: Drawing on focal concerns theory, as well as scholarship on the juvenile court's
mandate to consider youth culpability and amenability to treatment, we develop hypotheses …

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to juvenile delinquency by defining and
describing juvenile delinquency, examining explanations for delinquent behavior, and …

There are racial and ethnic disparities associated with school discipline practices and
juvenile justice contact. In addition, research suggests that stricter school discipline practices …

The disproportionate minority confinement (DMC) mandate was included in the
reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act in 1988 and required …

The Disproportionate Minority Confinement, and later Contact (DMC), mandate was
developed by Congress to reduce minority overrepresention in the US juvenile justice …