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Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US Paul R. Ketchum (University of Oklahoma)

Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US By Paul R. Ketchum (University of Oklahoma)

Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US by Paul R. Ketchum (University of Oklahoma)


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Summary

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.

Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US Summary

Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US: How We Failed Children of Color by Paul R. Ketchum (University of Oklahoma)

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.

About Paul R. Ketchum (University of Oklahoma)

Paul R. Ketchum is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Oklahoma. B. Mitchell Peck is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Policy Born Out of Racist Myth Occam's Razor: Racial/Ethnic Inequality Throughout Society Law Enforcement Contact with Juveniles: Arrests and Citations The Juvenile Justice System: Intake Decisions and Outcomes Juvenile Self-Reports of Deviant and Criminal Behaviour Data Issues and the Case for Self-Report Data Police, Juvenile Court and Juvenile Specialist Interviews Conclusion and Discussion

Additional information

NGR9781529202458
9781529202458
1529202450
Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US: How We Failed Children of Color by Paul R. Ketchum (University of Oklahoma)
New
Paperback
Bristol University Press
2023-06-13
242
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