Abstract:
Phase I of this study analyzed data on over
28,000 referrals to the Alaska Division of Family and Youth Services (DFYS)
for 1992-1995 to provide comparative information on referrals of Alaska
Native, African American, and white youth to the Alaska juvenile justice
system. In Phase II, a stratified sample of 112 individual files was examined
in an attempt to identify factors, such as race, residence in rural or urban
locations, alcohol involvement, age at first referral, family and living
situations, and local priorities which might be associated with the decision
to refer a child to DFYS. This examination supported the previous finding
that minority youth were more likely than white youth to accumulate referrals.
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