Do Objective Measures reduce the Disproportionate Rates of Minority Youth Placed in Detention: Validation of a Risk Assessment Instrument?
The overrepresentation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system, often referred to as disproportionate minority contact (DMC) can be found at many stages of the juvenile justice continuum. Further, research has shown that overrepresentation is not necessarily related to higher rates of crimi...
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ScholarWorks@UNO
2010
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| Online Access: | http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1117 http://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2098&context=td |