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JUVENILE CRIME
reducing unwarranted racial and ethnic disproportionality at all stages of juvenile justice system processing.
Recommendation: Changes are needed in data collection, monitoring,and juvenile justice administration to address racial disproportionalityin the juvenile justice system. Suggested changes include:
Developing a systematic monitoring procedure to determine the percentage of minority youth being processed through each stage of the juvenile justice system, from initial police contact through confinement release.
Developing and implementing training workshops focusing on race and juvenile justice system processing. At a minimum, diversity training for justice system employees and officials must focus on beliefs and attitudes that shape assessments.
