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The Problem Of Overrepresentation Of Minority Youth In The Justice System

Sources:

  1. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reports for the United States 1995, p. 216 (1995) Michael A. Jones and Barry Krisberg, Images and Reality: Juvenile Crime, Youth Violence and Public Policy, p. 37 (National Council on Crime and Delinquency 1994)

  2. Violent and repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act of 1999 (S.254) Juvenile Justice Reform Control Act of 1999 (H.R. 1501)

  3. Donna M. Bishop, et al., "The Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal Court: Does It Make A Difference," Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 42, p. 171 (1996); Jeffrey Fagan, "Separating the Men From the Boys: The Comparative Advantage of Juvenile Versus Criminal Court Sanctions on Recidivism Among Adolescent Felony Offenders," A Sourcebook on Serious, Violent and Chronic Offenders (Sage Press 1995)

  4. Frank D. Gilliam, Jr. and Shanto Iyengar, "Super-Predators or Wayward Youth? Framing Effects in Crime News Coverage," The Dynamics of Issue Framing: Elite Discourse and the Formation of Public Opinion (Cambridge Univ. Press, In press) Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., et al., "Crime in Black and White: The Violent, Scary World of Local News," 1 Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics (1996) Franklin Gilliam, Jr., and Shanto Iyengar, "Violence and Race in Television News Coverage of Crime: Does It Matter?" (Paper prepared for the Benton Foundation Conference on Media and Society, September 1995) Lori Dorfman and Katie Woodruff, "Local TV News, Violence, and Youth: Who Speaks?" (Paper prepared for Media Matters: The Institute on News and Social Problems, September 1995)

  5. Howard N. Snyder and Melissa Sickmund, Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report, p. 91 (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 1995)

  6. Id. At 166

  7. Melissa Sickmund, Howard Snyder and Eileen Poe-Yamagata. (August 1997) Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1997 Update on Violence. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, p. 42

  8. James Austin, Barry Krisberg, Robert DeComo, Sonya Rudenstine, Dominic Del Rosario. (September 1995) Juveniles Taken Into Custody: Fiscal Year 1993. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Figure 4-3 and 4-4, p. 120-1.

  9. Eileen Poe-Yamagata. (March 1997) OJJDP Fact Sheet #56: Detention and Delinquency Cases, 1985-1994. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

  10. James Austin, Barry Krisberg, Robert DeComo, Sonya Rudenstine, Dominic Del Rosario. (September 1995). Juveniles Taken Into Custody: Fiscal Year 1993. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Figure 3-17, p. 77.

  11. Anne Stahl. (May 1998). OJJDP Fact Sheet #79: Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1995. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

  12. S.10 will hurt all children but especially minority children. (January 8, 1998). Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund.

  13. Donna Hamparian and Michael Leiber. (December 1997). Disproportionate Confinement of Minority Juveniles in Secure Facilities: 1996 National Report. Champaign, IL: Community Research Associates, p. 9.

  14. Id. at 144.

  15. Jones and Krisberg, Images and Reality, at 6.

  16. Donna Hamparian and Michael Leiber. (December 1997). Disproportionate Confinement of Minority Juveniles in Secure Facilities: 1996 National Report. Champaign, IL: Community Research Associates, p. 13.

  17. Id.

  18. Lis, Inc., Offenders Under Age 18 in State Adult Correctional Systems: A National Picture (National Institute of Justice 1995).

  19. Marc Mauer. (January 1997). Intended and Unintended Consequences: State Racial Disparities in Imprisonment. The Sentencing Project

  20. Hobbling a Generation: African American Males in the District of Columbia's Criminal Justice System, (NCIA, Washington, DC, March 1992): Hobbling II, African American Males in Baltimore's Criminal Justice System, (NCIA, Washington, DC , June 1992)

  21. Marc Mauer (January 1997). Intended and Unintended Consequences: State Racial Disparities in Imprisonment. The Sentencing Project

  22. Id.

  23. Donna Hamparian and Michael Leiber. (December 1997). Disproportionate Confinement of Minority Juveniles in Secure Facilities: 1996 National Report. Champaign, IL: Community Research Associates, p. 21-22.

  24. Joseph Moone. (November 1997). OJJDP Fact Sheet #69: States at a Glance: Juveniles in Public Facilities, 1995. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

  25. Id.

  26. Donna Hamparian and Michael Leiber. (December 1997). Disproportionate Confinement of Minority Juveniles in Secure Facilities: 1996 National Report. Champaign, IL: Community Research Associates, p. 21-22.

  27. Joseph Moone. (November 1997). OJJDP Fact Sheet #69: States at a Glance: Juveniles in Public Facilities, 1995. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

  28. Donna Hamparian and Michael Leiber. (December 1997). Disproportionate Confinement of Minority Juveniles in Secure Facilities: 1996 National Report. Champaign, IL: Community Research Associates, p. 21-22.

  29. Joseph Moone. (November 1997). OJJDP Fact Sheet #69: States at a Glance: Juveniles in Public Facilities, 1995. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

  30. Donna Hamparian and Michael Leiber. (December 1997). Disproportionate Confinement of Minority Juveniles in Secure Facilities: 1996 National Report. Champaign, IL: Community Research Associates, p. 21-22.

  31. Id.

  32. Id.

  33. Id.

  34. Id.

  35. Id.

  36. Id.

  37. Michael Lindsey. (January 16, 1996). A Dallas County Report on the Overrepresentation of Ethnic Minority Youths in the Juvenile Justice System. Dallas, TX: Raymine, Inc., p. 20.

  38. Jerome Miller. (1996) Search and Destroy: African American Males in the Criminal Justice System. New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 85-86.

  39. Id.

  40. Id.

  41. Martin Forst, Jeffrey Fagan, and T. Scott Vivona, "Youth in Prison and Training Schools: Perceptions and Consequences of the Treatment-Custody Dichotomy," Juvenile & Family Court Journal, Vol. 40, p. 9 (1989).

THE TREND TO "GET TOUGH" ON YOUNG OFFENDERS

Sources: Juvenile Justice in the United States, Youth Advocate Program International (spring 1999)

Patrick Griffin et al., Trying Juveniles as Adults in Criminal Court: An Analysis of State Transfer Provisions, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (December 1998)

Privacy and Juvenile Justice Records: A Mid-Decade Status, Office of Justice Programs Report (May 1997)

Patricia Torbet & Linda Szymanski, State Legislative Responses to Violent Juvenile Crime: 1996-97 Update, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (November 1998)

FACTS AND MYTHS ABOUT JUVENILE CRIME AND YOUNG OFFENDERS

Sources: Howard N. Snyder, Juvenile Arrests 1997, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (December 1998)

Patricia Torbet & Linda Szymanski, State Legislative Responses to Violent Juvenile Crime: 1996-97 Update, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (November 1998)

Key Facts on Youth, Crime, and Violence, Children's Defense Fund (November 1998)

Howard N. Snyder, "Violent Juvenile Crime: The Number of Violent Juvenile Offenders Declines," Corrections Today (April 1999)

Barbara A. Serrano, "How Can We Know Our Schools Are Safe?" Seattle Times, (2 May 1999, A1)

Richard Redding, "Examining Legal Issues: Juvenile Offenders in Criminal Court and Adult Prison," Corrections Today (April 1999)

Franklin E. Zimring, American Youth Violence (1998)

Donna M. Bishop, et al., "The Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal Court: Does It Make a Difference," Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 42, No. 2 (April 1996)

Elizabeth Donohue, Vincent Schiraldi, and Jason Ziedenberg, School House Hype: School Shootings and the Real Risks Kids Face in America (Justice Policy Institute)

THE FEDERAL DISPROPORTIONATE MINORITY CONFINEMENT MANDATE: IMPACT ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO YOUTH

Sources: Melissa Sickmund, Howard Snyder and Eileen Poe-Yamagata, Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1997 Update on Violence, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (August 1997)

Michael A. Jones and Barry Krisberg, Images and Reality: Juvenile Crime, Youth Violence and Public Policy, National Council on Crime and Delinquency (1994)

PUNITIVE POLICIES HIT MINORITY YOUTH HARDEST

Sources: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reports for the United States (1995)

Howard N. Snyder and Melissa Sickmund, Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (1995)

Melissa Sickmund, Howard Snyder and Eileen Poe-Yamagata, Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1997 Update on Violence, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (August 1997)

James Austin, Barry Krisberg, Robert DeComo, Sonya Rudenstine and Dominic Del Rosario, Juveniles Taken Into Custody: Fiscal Year 1993, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (1995)

Michael A. Jones and Barry Krisberg, Images and Reality: Juvenile Crime, Youth Violence and Public Policy, National Council on Crime and Delinquency (1994)

YOUTH ARE OFTEN HELD IN CROWDED AND DANGEROUS FACILITIES

Sources: Dale Parent, et al., Conditions of Confinement: Juvenile Detention and Corrections Facilities - Research Summary, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (1994)

Howard N. Snyder and Melissa Sickmund, Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (1995)

Melissa Sickmund, Howard N. Snyder, and Eileen Poe-Yamagata, Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1997 Update on Violence, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (August 1997)

Martin Forst, Jeffrey Fagan, and T. Scott Vivona, "Youth in Prisons and Training Schools: Perceptions and Consequences of the Treatment-Custody Dichotomy," Juvenile & Family Court Journal, Vol. 40, No. 1 (l989)

Michael G. Flaherty, An Assessment of the National Incidence of Juvenile Suicide in Adult Jails, Lockups, and Juvenile Detention Centers, The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1980)

Betraying the Young: Human Rights Violations Against Children in the U.S. Justice System, Amnesty International (November 1998)

DANGERS OF INCARCERATING YOUTH WITH ADULT INMATES

Sources: Jeffrey Fagan, Martin Forst, and T. Scott Vivona. "Youth in Prisons and Training Schools: Perceptions and Consequences of the Treatment-Custody Dichotomy," Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Vol. 40, No. 1 (1989)

Michael G. Flaherty, An Assessment of the National Incidence of Juvenile Suicide in Adult Jails, Lockups, and Juvenile Detention Centers, The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1980)

Kristen Delguzzi, "Prison Security Went Awry: Youth Killed When Adults Entered Cellblock," Cincinnati Enquirer, (April 30, 1996, at B1)

Douglas C. Lyons, "Teenage Rapist Dies in Prison," Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, (June 12, 1997, at 3B)

See Doe v. Burwell (Ohio)

See Yellen v. Ada County (Idaho)

See Horn v. Oldham County (Kentucky)

See Robbins v. Glenn County (California)

See Wilhite v. Kirkham (Indiana)

Donna M. Bishop, Charles Frazier, et al., The Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal Court: Does It Make a Difference? Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 42, p. 171 (April 1996)

See Donna M. Bishop, Charles Frazier, et al., The Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal Court: Reexamining Recidivism Over the Long Term, Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 43, p. 548 (October 1997)

Jeffrey Fagan, The Comparative Impacts of Juvenile and Criminal Court Sanctions on Adolescent Felony Offenders (1991)

Michael G. Flaherty, An Assessment of the National Incidence of Juvenile Suicide in Adult Jails, Lockups, and Juvenile Detention Centers, The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1980)

Fixing a Broken System: A Review of the OJJDP Mandates, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Youth Violence of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 105th Cong., 1st sess. (1997) (testimony of Shay Bilchik, Administrator, OJJDP)

REHABILITATION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS THAT WORK

Sources: Michael A. Jones and Barry Krisberg, Images and Reality: Juvenile Crime, Youth Violence and Public Policy, National Council on Crime and Delinquency (1994); James C. Howell (ed.)

Guide for Implementing the Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (1995)

PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT WORK

Sources: The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints

Building Blocks for Youth at the Youth Law Center, 202/637-0377, http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org

THE PRIVATIZATION OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS FACILITIES

Sources: David Shichor, Punishment for Profit (1995)

John D. Donahue, The Privatization Decision: Public Ends, Private Means (1989)

Prison Privatization Report International, Prison Reform Trust; Eric Schlosser, "The Prison-Industrial Complex," The Atlantic Monthly (December 1998)

David Jackson, "Broken Teens Left in Wake of Private Gain," Chicago Tribune, (September 27, 1999)

Eric Bates, "Private Prisons," The Nation (January 5, 1998)

THE JUVENILE COURT: ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN THE MAKING

Sources: Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., "The Juvenile Court at 100: Birthday Cake or Funeral Pyre?" Criminal Justice, Vol. 13, No. 4 (ABA, Winter 1999)

Sanford J. Fox, "A Contribution to the History of the American Juvenile Court," Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Fall 1998)

 


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