8. Pathways to Juvenile Detention Reform: Reducing Racial Disparities in Juvenile Detention

Hoytt, Eleanor Hinton; Schiraldi, Vincent; Smith, Brenda V.; Ziedenberg, Jason

Annie E. Casey Foundation

2001

This report examines the overrepresentation of minorities in the juvenile justice system, as well as reviews attempts by various sites in the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) to reduce the number of minority youth being detained.  

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