Juvenile Justice: A Guide to Theory, Policy, and Practice – 9TH 18
by: Cox, Steven M.
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Other than African Americans, Latino youth were four percent more likely than their White counterparts to get petitioned; sixteen percent more likely than White youth to be categorized as delinquent; twenty-eight percent more likely than White youth to get detained; forty-one percent more likely than White youth to get an out-of-home placement; and forty-three percent more likely than White youth to be waived to the adult system (Jacobs & Sherman, 2011). Any person looking at such statistics without a prior understanding of America’s history of racial and ethnic disparity will feel inclined to conclude that youth of color are more predisposed to engaging in criminal activity compared to their White counterparts.
