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Youth of Color and the Juvenile Justice System

By Staff | March 12, 2014

Youth of Color and the Juvenile Justice System — Racial-Ethnic Fairness

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Youth of Color and the Juvenile Justice System

Minority youth are overrepresented at nearly every level of the juvenile justice system. Officials across the United States struggle to reduce what is often referred to as disproportionate minority contact, or DMC. Read all of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange's ongoing, in-depth coverage of DMC here, including the stories of the youth affected by it.

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