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JJGPS State Assessments of Disproportionate Minority Contact

Published Dec 1, 2015, JJGPS

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States are required to report data to monitor the overrepresentation of youth of color in juvenile justice. In addition to reporting data, states are required to submit an assessment of DMC to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. This four page brief provides an overview which states also make these assessments publicly available and provides an overview of the challenges states faces in conducting the research and the range of reform recommendations they make.

Categories: Racial-ethnic fairness/DMC

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