Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US (eBook)

How We Failed Children of Color

Paul R. Ketchum, B. Mitchell Peck (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
242 Seiten
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-0242-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Drawing on original data, this book addresses the issue of color-blind racism through an examination of the circular logic used by the juvenile justice system to criminalize non-White youth. It calls for a need to understand racial inequality in the justice system from a structural perspective rather than simply at the level of individual bias.

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Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) refers to the proportional overrepresentation of minority youth at each step of the juvenile justice system. This book addresses the issue of color-blind racism through an examination of the circular logic used by the juvenile justice system to criminalize non-White youth. Drawing on original data, including interviews with court and probation officers and juvenile self-reports, the authors call for a need to understand racial and ethnic inequality in the juvenile justice system from a structural perspective rather than simply at the level of individual bias. This unique research will contribute to larger discussions on how race operates in the United States.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.2.2022
• Verlagsort: Bristol
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-5292-0242-6 / 1529202426
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5292-0242-7 / 9781529202427