Native American Youth and the Juvenile Justice System
Contributing Organization(s): National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Author(s)/Creator(s): Christopher Hartney
Publishing Date: 2008-03-28
Issue Areas: Crime and Safety; Children and Youth; Race and Ethnicity
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File info: 8 pages; 229.48 KB file size
A growing number of studies and reports have made it clear that minority youth in general are more likely than White youth to be arrested, adjudicated, and incarcerated in juvenile justice systems across the US. Although not as large as those for African Americans, disparities between Native American youth and White youth are alarmingly high and in need of remediation.
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Type/Format: FactSheet; Whitepaper
Language code: English
Type/Format: FactSheet; Whitepaper
Language code: English
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