Racial-ethnic fairness/DMC
Research and tools to reduce racial and ethnic disparities and promote a more fair juvenile justice system.
Read the DMC Action Network eNews.
Featured
-
Innovation Brief: Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pennsylvania
- Nov 30, 2012, Dana Shoenberg
- Across the United States, youth of color are disproportionately represented at every stage of the juvenile justice system, with the greatest disparities at the deepest end of the system. Although…
-
Knowledge Brief: Are Minority Youths Treated Differently in Juvenile Probation?
- Dec 1, 2011, Models for Change Research Initiative
- While many studies have examined disproportionate minority contact at the front endof the juvenile justice system, few have examined disparities deep within the system—in particular,…
-
Race Matters: Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System
- Dec 12, 2014, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Racial and ethnic disparities are one of the most pervasive and disturbing characteristics of our juvenile justice system. Youth of color are over-represented at key decision points, including…
-
A Toolkit for Applying the Cultural Enhancement Model To Evidence-Based Practice
- Nov 22, 2013, Sarah Cusworth Walker
- At a national level, minority clients are less likely to access mental and behavioral health services and drop out of treatment more frequently than nonminority counterparts. While this phenomenon is…
-
Collecting and Analyzing Data on Racial and Ethnic Disparities: The Peoria Pilot Project
- Apr 1, 2009, James Bell
- The W. Haywood Burns Institute (BI) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation collaborated to develop and pilot a data template that enables local jurisdictions to strategically gather…
-
RED Practice Manual: Beginning or Restarting Work to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities
- Dec 3, 2018, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Promoting racial and ethnic fairness in the juvenile justice system has been a central goal of the Models for Change initiative. In 2007, Models for Change launched the DMC Action Network to create a…
-
RED Practice Manual: Beginning or Restarting Work to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities
- Dec 3, 2018, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Promoting racial and ethnic fairness in the juvenile justice system has been a central goal of the Models for Change initiative. In 2007, Models for Change launched the DMC Action Network to create a…
-
The Pennsylvania Juvenile Collateral Consequences Checklist
- Dec 15, 2015, Pennsylvania DMC Youth-Law Enforcement Corporation
- This Checklist was developed with assistance from the MacArthur Foundation Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network to help to explain many of the consequences of being arrested as a juvenile in…
-
Pennsylvania Juvenile Collateral Consequences Checklist (Spanish)
- Dec 15, 2015, Pennsylvania DMC Youth-Law Enforcement Corporation
- This Checklist was developed with assistance from the MacArthur Foundation Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network to help to explain many of the consequences of being arrested as a juvenile in…
-
Respecting Differences: A DMC Newsletter Summer 2015
- Dec 15, 2015, Pennsylvania DMC Youth-Law Enforcement Corporation
- A quarterly newsletter from the Pennsylvania DMC Youth-Law Enforcement Corporation on developments in the effort to end racial and ethnic disparities in the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system.
-
Respecting Differences: A DMC Newsletter Winter 2014
- Dec 15, 2015, Pennsylvania DMC Youth-Law Enforcement Corporation
- A quarterly newsletter from the Pennsylvania DMC Youth-Law Enforcement Corporation on developments in the effort to end racial and ethnic disparities in the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system.
-
JJGPS State Assessments of Disproportionate Minority Contact
- Dec 1, 2015, JJGPS
- 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…
-
Racial and Ethnic Fairness in Juvenile Justice: Availability of State Data
- Aug 7, 2015, Lauren Vessels, Research Assistant, NCJJ
- NCJJ has released a new StateScan publication that summarizes the results from a review of publicly available data that describe racial and ethnic fairness across the country. This StateScan…
-
Respecting Differences: A DMC Newsletter Autumn 2015
- Aug 3, 2015, Pennsylvania DMC Youth-Law Enforcement Corporation
- A quarterly newsletter from the Pennsylvania DMC Youth-Law Enforcement Corporation on developments in the effort to end racial and ethnic disparities in the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system.
-
What Videos of an ATM Robbery Can Teach Us About Bias in Juvenile Justice
- Dec 12, 2014, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- What videos of an ATM robbery can teach us about bias in juvenile justice
-
Status Offenders and Race
- Dec 12, 2014, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Status Offenders and Race
-
Understanding the DMC Data Template
- Dec 11, 2014, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Understanding the DMC Data Template
-
In Their Own Words: Young People’s Experiences in the Criminal Justice System and Their Perceptions of Its Legitimacy
- Dec 6, 2014, John Howard Association of Illinois
- While there is a growing consensus that the country needs to re-examine the criminal justice system’s prosecution of serious young offenders, there is little documentation of how this…
-
Juvenile Justice and Racial Disproportionality: A Presentation to the Washington Supreme Court
- Dec 5, 2014, Task Force on Race and the Criminal Justice System
- The over-representation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system has drawn national and local attention since the 1980’s and hundreds of thousands, if not millions of federal, state and…
-
Promising Practices for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice System
- Sep 4, 2014, National Juvenile Justice Network
- This policy update draws on the work of Models for Change in Pennsylvania, as well other jurisdictions-many also supported by Models for Change- to identify key policy recommendations that may help…
-
2013 Washington State Targeted Areas of Improvement & Strategic Opportunity for Technical Assistance Data Inventory
- Apr 1, 2014, Andrew Wachter, Gene Siegel, Hunter Hurst
- The 2013 Washington Targeted Areas of Improvement Report is the final in a series of data inventory reports that document Washington Models for Change progress and outcomes. This Endpoints Edition…
-
Washington State Disproportioinate Minority Contact Assessment
- Dec 1, 2013, University of Washington School of Medicine, Division of Public Behavioral Health and Justice Policy
- This DMC assessment process sought to combine available data with the experiences, beliefs, and knowledge of local stakeholders in order to uncover those areas in which DMC is considered to be an…
-
Broward County Collaborative Agreement on School Discipline
- Dec 1, 2013, Fort Lauderdale-Broward NAACP; Broward County Florida Public Schools; Advancement Project
-
Evidence-Based Practices with Latino Youth: A Literature Review
- Nov 25, 2013, Elizabeth Feldman, Ph.D. Eric Trupin, Ph.D. Sarah Walker, Ph.D. Jacquelyn Hansen, MPH
- This review will outline some of the most pressing mental health concerns for Latino immigrants and highlight what is currently known about how best to respond to these concerns. Discussion will…
-
Child Welfare: Gateway to Juvenile Court for African-American Youth
- Jan 10, 2013, National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN)
- Is child welfare a gateway to the juvenile justice system for African-American youth? A new policy update from the Natoinal Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN), drawing on the Models for Change Knowledge…
-
Innovation Brief: Bringing Restorative Justice into the Classroom: Partnering with Schools to Reduce Juvenile Justice Referrals
- Dec 8, 2012, Illinois Models for Change
- In Peoria, Illinois, a large number of African American youth were entering detention for aggravated battery in one public high school. After learning more about the problem, juvenile justice and…
-
National Juvenile Justice Network Policy Platform, DMC
- May 18, 2012, National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN)
- Although white youth and youth of color commit crimes at similar rates, crime policies and school, police and juvenile court practices frequently lead to a disproportionate focus on – and more…
-
The Rapides Parish DA's Neighborhood Accountability Board Program
- May 5, 2012, Daphne Robinson
- This presentation, from the May 2010 DMC Action Network meeting, focused on the Rapides Parish (LA) Neighborhood Accountability Boards. Workshop discussion included useful insights for the design and…
-
School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
- May 5, 2012, Barry L. McCurdy
- This presentation, from the DMC Action Network's 2009 annual meeting, focused on positive behavior support in schools.
-
Effective Leadership to Change System Culture
- May 5, 2012, Tiana Davis
- This presentation, from the May 2010 DMC Action Network meeting, focused on two leaders' systems change experiences. Presentations included include specific leadership activities that have produced…
-
A Fair Juvenile Justice System: The Importance of Linguistic and Cultural Competency
- May 4, 2012, NCLR Latino Juvenile Justice Network Coordinator Cassandra Villanueva
- During the DMC Action Network's first annual meeting, one workshop outlined strategies for reviewing and modifying system processes through a cultural competence lens, and ensuring that the DMC…
-
Just the Facts: a Snapshot of Incarcerated Hispanic Youth
- May 3, 2012, Jose D. Saavedra
- According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated population of Hispanic youth ages 10–17 in 2008 was 6.4 million, making up nearly 19% of all youth within that age group. In contrast to the…
-
Stakeholder Buy-in and Participation - Presentation and Group Dialogue
- May 3, 2012, Tiana Davis
- The DMC Action Network designed a series of three Technical Assistance Seminars to further develop the expertise and leadership skills of local DMC Coordinators and other staff responsible for…
-
Berks County Evening Reporting Center Development: Strategies and Outcomes
- May 3, 2012, Jeff Gregro
- This presentation discusses work in Berks County, PA, a DMC Action Network site, that led to Pennsylvania's first pre-adjudication evening reporting center, which opened in late 2008. A little more…
-
Relevant Versus Interesting Data Trends - Presentation
- May 3, 2012, Tiana Davis
- The DMC Action Network designed a series of three Technical Assistance Seminars to further develop the expertise and leadership skills of local DMC Coordinators and other staff responsible for…
-
Strategies for Serving Hispanic Youth
- May 2, 2012, Maria F. Ramiu and Dana Shoenberg
- CCLP Deputy Director Dana Shoenberg co-authored this chapter in the latest edition of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Disproportionate Minority Contact Technical…
-
Guidelines for State Courts Serving Limited English Proficient (LEP) Youth and Family Members-Short Fact Sheet
- May 2, 2012, Dana Shoenberg
- Good communication and cultural understanding are prerequisites to a fair, efficient, and effective justice system. Navigating the juvenile justice system is often difficult for youth and their…
-
Missed Opportunity: Waiver, Race, Data, and Policy Reform
- May 2, 2012, Mark Soler
- In this article from the Louisiana Law Review, CCLP Executive Director Mark Soler examines the research on waiver of youth to adult court and racial disparities in the juvenile justice system. The…
-
Counting Latino Youth in the Illinois Juvenile Justice System
- Dec 9, 2011, National Council of La Raza
- The report details the inadequacy of information on Hispanic youth, who constitute one of the fastest-growing segments of the population, and highlights this lack of data as a major barrier to…
-
Men in Motion in the Community and the Philadelphia Latino Juvenile Justice Network: Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact, Strengthening Reentry, and Building Community
- Dec 8, 2011, National Council of La Raza
- In Philadelphia and across the nation, Latino youth are disproportionately overrepresented in the juvenile justice system. Over the past five years, MIMIC and the Latino Juvenile Justice Network…
-
Knowledge Brief: Is There a Link between Child Welfare and Disproportionate Minority Contact in Juvenile Justice?
- Dec 1, 2011, Models for Change Research Initiative
- African-American children are represented in foster care and other child welfare placements at a rate more than twice their representation in the U.S. child population. Like others in the child…
-
Guidelines for State Courts Serving Limited English Proficient (LEP) Youth and Family Members-Long Fact Sheet
- Mar 11, 2011, Dana Shoenberg
- Good communication and cultural understanding are prerequisites to a fair, efficient, and effective justice system. Navigating the juvenile justice system is often difficult for youth and their…
-
Reauthorizing the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: The Impact on Latino Youth
- Feb 4, 2011, Marguerite Moeller
- This paper analyzes the impact on Latino youth of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 and provides recommendations for a reauthorization of the law that takes a rational…
-
Batting with Two Strikes: Brown and Young in the Juvenile Justice System
- Jul 11, 2010, Mark Soler
- In this presentation from July 2010, CCLP Executive Director Mark Soler discusses DMC and Latino youth in the juvenile justice system at the National Council for La Raza's National Conference in San…
-
Pre-Adjudication Coordination and Transition (PACT) Center Outcome and Process Evaluation
- Jul 1, 2010, Samantha Mellerson
- The Baltimore Pre-Adjudicated Coordination and Training (PACT) Center emerged from the recommendations of the city's DMC Advisory Board, which highlighted the need for additional community-based…
-
Positive Youth Development: From Theory to Practice
- Feb 2, 2010, Jeffrey Butts
- The DMC Action Network designed a series of Technical Assistance Seminars to further develop the expertise and leadership skills of local staff responsible for day-to-day operations of DMC reduction…
-
Promoting Seamless Re-Entry in a DMC Reduction Context and Analysis of Re-Entry Stages
- Feb 2, 2010, Dr. David M. Altschuler
- The DMC Action Network designed a series of Technical Assistance Seminars to further develop the expertise and leadership skills of local staff responsible for day-to-day operations of DMC reduction…
-
The Role and Conversation of the DMC Coordinator - Facilitation of Dialogue and Players
- Dec 7, 2009, Tiana Davis
- The DMC Action Network designed a series of three Technical Assistance Seminars to further develop the expertise and leadership skills of local DMC Coordinators and other staff responsible for…
-
DMC Performance Measures
- Dec 3, 2009, Lisa Garry
- The purpose of this document is to collect and report performance measures that are relevant to the site's Strategic Innovations and other indicators of progress in the local collaborative to reduce…
-
Tribal Juvenile Justice Key Informant Interview Questionnaire
- Nov 1, 2009, Ron Whitener
- Information provided by key informants will be used to inform a survey instrument and focus group guide, both to be administered at a Gathering to which a team from each of the 29 Tribes located…
-
Union County DMC News - May Newsletter
- Oct 23, 2009, Union County DMC Advisory Board
- Karen Tucker and Becky Smith of Union County, North Carolina, have released their first newsletter addressing DMC reduction efforts and accomplishments in that jurisdiction. Union County is a…
-
Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact: Preparation at the Local Level
- Sep 1, 2009, Mark Soler, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention released a bulletin on local DMC reduction strategies, co-authored by CCLP's Mark Soler and Lisa Garry. It is the first in a series by OJJDP…
-
Strategies: Chicago Urban League Newsletter Summer 2009 Vol. 1 No. 5
- Jul 6, 2009, Chicago Urban League
- Chicago Urban League's Newsletter with special focus on disproportionate contact of minority youth with the juvenile justice system. The Newsletter features an interview with James Bell, Founder and…
-
America's Invisible Children: Latino Youth and the Failure of Justice
- May 20, 2009, Neelum Arya with Francisco Villarruel, Cassandra Villanueva, and Ian Augarten
- From the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the Campaign for Youth Justice, the report examines the most recent information available about Latino youth in the justice system, with a particular…
-
Minority Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Disproportionate Minority Contact
- Jan 1, 2009, National Conference of State Legislatures
- Provides explanations for and strategies to reduce disproportionate minority contact. This report is the second in a planned series to focus and provide research-based information on key policy…
-
Benton Franklin Counties Juvenile Justice Needs Assessment Report
- Jan 1, 2009, Eric Trupin
- Report on the the responses to a community needs survey of parents and youth conducted in Benton/Franklin Counties.
-
Adoration of the Question: Reflections on the Failure to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Disparities...
- Dec 23, 2008, W. Haywood Burns Institute
- Adoration of the Question: Reflections on the Failure to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System outlines the early juvenile justice system and its approach toward youth…
-
The Second Century: Juvenile Justice Reform in Illinois
- Dec 1, 2008, Mark Soler
- This report illustrates significant achievements with policies and practices in Illinois' juvenile justice system. The report includes information on efforts to utilize data and public education to…
-
Guidelines for Collecting and Recording the Race and Ethnicity of Youth in Illinois’ Juvenile Justice System
- Nov 24, 2008, Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission
- The Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission and the Illinois Models for Change Initiative strongly encourage agencies, organizations and practitioners at all stages of the juvenile justice system to…
-
Pennsylvania Progress: Doing Something About DMC
- Nov 1, 2008, Patrick Griffin, National Center for Juvenile Justice
- This issue of Pennsylvania Progress focuses on the states leadership in the national effort to understand and address minority overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system. Pennsylvania…
-
Critical Condition: African American Youth in the Justice System
- Sep 1, 2008, Neelum Arya and Ian Augarten
- The second in a series on race and ethnicity, the brief looks at the state of racial disparities for black youth in the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems, and analyzes demographic data,…
-
A Tangled Web of Justice: American Indian and Alaska Native Youth in Federal, State and Tribal Justice Systems
- Jun 3, 2008, Neelum Arya and Addie C. Rolnick
- The first in a series on race and ethnicity, the brief provides an overview of federal, state and tribal justice systems and an examination of the unique issues Native youth face in each system. The…
-
Overcoming Language and Culture Barriers Using Evidence-Based Practices
- Apr 29, 2008, National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
- Summary, remarks and speaker biographies from the workshop "Defeating Language and Culture Barriers Using Evidence-Based Practices" held at the The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) 2007 Annual…
-
Berks County, Pennsylvania Juvenile Detention Risk Assessment
- Apr 1, 2008, Dana Shoenberg
- The Berks County Juvenile Detention Risk Assessment Instrument Report documents the results of an eight month test of a draft Juvenile Detention Assessment Instrument in Berks County, Pennsylvania…
-
LJJN: A Culturally Competent Model for Juvenile Justice Reform
- Oct 25, 2007, Cassandra Villanueva
- During the DMC Action Network's first annual meeting, one workshop outlined strategies for reviewing and modifying system processes through a cultural competence lens, and ensuring that the DMC…
-
Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Action Network FAQ
- Jun 21, 2007, Center for Children's Law and Policy
- Answers frequently asked questions about the DMC Action Network, a Models for Change-supported forum for sharing knowledge and accelerating progress in the reduction of racial and ethnic disparities…
-
Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Action Network: Invitation to Join
- Jun 20, 2007, Center for Children's Law and Policy, Mark Soler, Executive Director, Lisa Garry, DMC Policy Director
- Invitation to apply to be one of four additional states or local sites (e.g., counties or cities) across the country provide leadership in reduction of disproportionate minority contact as a member…
-
Guidelines for Collecting and Recording the Race and Ethnicity of Juveniles in Conjunction with Juvenile Delinquency Disposition
- Dec 1, 2006, CCLP, NCJJ
-
Instructions and Guidelines for Collecting and Recording Race and Ethnicity of Juveniles
- Oct 14, 2006, National Center for Juvenile Justice, Children's Law and Policy, Patricia Torbet, and Hunter Hurst, Jr., National Center for Juvenile Justice; Mark Soler, Center for Childrens Law and Policy
- Provides instruction and guidance to local juvenile courts and probation departments on racial coding of juveniles involved in Pennsylvania's juvenile justice system in conjunction with reporting…
-
Pennsylvania Guidelines for Collecting and Recording the Race and Ethnicity of Juvenile in Conjunction with Juvenile Delinquency Disposition Reporting to the Juvenile court Judges' Commission
- Oct 1, 2006, Tiana Davis
- This booklet provides instruction and guidance to local juvenile courts and probation departments on accurate racial and ethnic data collections for juveniles, particularly with respect to Hispanic…
-
Illinois: Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact Promoting Accountability and Fairness in Juvenile Justice
- Oct 13, 2005, Civitas ChildLaw Center, Chicago Council on Urban Affairs
- Provides statistics on disproportionate minority contact with the Illinois juvenile justice system, including along with brief information on efforts underway to improve racial fairness.
-
Keystones for Reform: Promising Juvenile Justice Policies and Practices in Pennsylvania
- Oct 12, 2005, Youth Law Center, Neelum Aryna, Eric Lotke, Liz Ryan, Marc Schindler, Dana Shoenberg, Mark Soler
- The first state report for the Models for Change initiative, this report describes promising juvenile justice policies and practices in Pennsylvania that provide a solid base for further reform…