Based on Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US: How We Failed Children of Color by Paul R. Ketchum and B. Mitchell Peck, this policy briefing covers key messages and policy recommendations, including a holistic approach to reforming policing departments and the need to abolish programs which target minority youth.
Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) refers to rates of racial and ethnic minority youth contact with the juvenile justice system which are significantly higher than rates of contact for White youth. Despite a 50-year effort to reduce DMC, the problem persists. The authors suggest that most efforts to reduce DMC are ineffective as they do not address the underlying origins and causes of DMC.
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Disproportionate Minority Contact and Racism in the US by Paul R. Ketchum and B. Mitchell Peck is available on the Bristol University Press website. Order here for £80, get the eBook for £26.99 or request access from your library.
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