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Disproportionate Minority Confinement in Massachusetts: Failures in Assessing and Addressing the Overrepresentation of Minorities in the Massachusetts Juvenile Justice System
Report written by:  Robin Dahlberg
Published by: The American Civil Liberties Union
Date: May 2003
Click here to go to the website.
Click here to read the report.

Reducing Racial Disparities in Juvenile Detention
Report prepared by:  Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, Vincent Schiraldi, Brenda V. Smith, and Jason Ziedberg
Published by: The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Click here to download report (PDF file - 80 pages).


The Pathways to Juvenile Detention Reform Series
... a part of the Juvenile Detention Reform Inititaive of the the Annie E. Casey Foundation.  This series of 13 publications provides practical information for understanding and implementing juvenile detention reform based on the innovative policies and practices developed by jurisdictions participating in the Casey Foundation's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative.  Each guide offers detailed descriptions of specific detention reform strategies, along with lessons learned and technical assistance resources. 
Click here for more information and to visit their website.


Reducing Disproportionate Minority Confinement: The Multnomah County, Oregon Success Story and Its Implications
Published by:  Justice Policy Institute
January 2002
Click here to download this complete document (PDF file - 18 pages).


Race as a Factor in Juvenile Arrests
Juvenile Justice Bulletin prepared by:  Carl E. Pope and Howard N. Snyder
Published by: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Office of Justice Programs
U.S. Department of Justice
Date: April 2003
Click here to download PDF version of the bulletin (PDF file - 8 pages).
Click here to read HTML version of the bulletin.

Disproportionate Minority Confinement: A Review of the Research Literature from 1989 through 2001
By Carl A. Pope, Rick Lovell, and Heidi M. Hsia
Published by:  Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Click here to download complete literature review (PDF file - 24 pages).


Disproportionate Minority Contact...
An Initiative of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
... website is a resource to help States comply with the JJDP Act's DMC requirements and a source of information for all who are interested in understanding and engaged in reducing the extent of DMC.
Click here to visit the DMC website.


Minorities in the Juvenile Justice System...
1999 National Report Series, Juvenile Justice Bulletin
... presents information on the overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system and includes statistics on racial/ethnic makeup of juvenile offenders from arrest, court-processing, and confinement records.
Click here to visit their website.


Minorities in the Juvenile Justice System: Research Summary
By Carl Pope and William Feyerherm
Published by:  Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Second Printing, July 1995  (First published in December 1993)
Click here to download research summary.


Drugs and Disparity: The Racial Impact of Illinois' Practice of Transferring Young Drug Offenders to Adult Court
Published by:  Building Blocks for Youth
April 2001
Click here to download this complete doscument (PDF file - 14 pages).


A Tale of Two Jurisdictions: Youth Crime and Detention Rates in Maryland & the District of Columbia
By Lisa Feldman, Michael Males, and Vincent Schiraldi
Published by:  Building Blocks for Youth
October 2001
Click here to download complete document (PDF file - 25 pages).



 

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