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Disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system: An investigation of ethnic disparity in program referral at disposition |
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| Authors: | Nordia A Campbell Ashlee R Barnes Amber Mandalari Eyitayo Onifade Christina A Campbell Valerie R Anderson |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA;2. School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA;3. School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA;4. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA |
| Abstract: | Historically, minority youth have experienced harsher punishments and more negative outcomes than White youth even when risk assessment is used. The current study investigated the role of ethnicity in an understudied dispositional decision–program referral–and the outcomes associated with said referral using a sample of juvenile offenders (N = 2,678). The study used the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) to determine (1) if ethnicity predicted program referral when accounting for risk assessment and (2) if program referral predicted recidivism. Results indicated that ethnicity predicted program referral, and program referral predicted recidivism. Future directions for Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) research and implications for court officials are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Disposition disproportionate minority contact juvenile offenders program referral race/ethnicity recidivism risk assessment |