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Disproportionate Minority Confinement 2002 Update

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Disproportionate Minority Confinement 2002 Update

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U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC)

Published 2004. 42 pages.

An overview of efforts to address disproportionate minority confinement (DMC) is provided. Sections within this report are: introduction; national efforts to address DMC with OJJDP assistance; efforts by states to address DMC (e.g., state compliance with the DMC Core Requirement, findings of states' DMC assessment studies, state actions to reduce DMC, and remaining challenges); Washington state's experience ("Overall, the proportion of minority youth at each stage of the system either declined from peak values occurring in the early 1990s or remained stable" p. 33); and future directions. Accession Number: 020198

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