Disproportionate Detention of Minorities: A Case Study of One State's Compliance with the Mandates of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act

Authors

• N. E. Schafer
• Richard W. Curtis

Files

Description

Pursuant to Section 223(a)(23) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, states must examine whether minority youth are disproportionately detained in relation to their proportion in the general population. For a preliminary assessment of Alaska’s compliance, five and a half years of detention data (1990–June 1995) for the state of Alaska are analyzed to assess the detention of minority and non-minority youth. A number of factors are used to compare racial groups: type of offense, prior record, gender, age, length of detention, etc.

Publication Date

3-13-1996

Keywords

Alaska Natives, criminal case processing, disproportionate minority contact (DMC) with the juvenile justice system, girls & women, juvenile corrections, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), minorities, race, racial disproportionality, rural justice

Recommended Citation

Schafer, N. E. and Curtis, Richard W., "Disproportionate Detention of Minorities: A Case Study of One State's Compliance with the Mandates of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act" (1996). Conference papers. 7.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_justice_papers/7

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8271