Assessment of Minority Youth Overrepresentation in the Alaska Juvenile Justice System
| Principal investigator(s): |
André Rosay, Ron Everett |
| Project dates: |
2005-2007 |
| JC#: |
0502.02 |
| Funding agency: |
National Institute of Justice |
| Project amount: |
$143,926 |
| Project status: |
In progress |
| See also: | |
| >
Alaska juvenile
justice > Minorities in the Alaska juvenile justice system > Alaska Native youth in the Alaska justice system |
The purpose of this study is to explain why disproportionate minority contact (DMC) occurs (rather than to simply document its existence). Our strategy to explain DMC consists of both quantitative and qualitative anlyses of disparities in juvenlile delinquency referrals and disparities that occur within the juvenile deliquency referrals to the juvenile justice system. Subsequently, we will examine whether disparities that occur within the juvenile justice system are caused by disparities in referrals, legal variables, and extralegal variables.
Products
Rosay, André and Everett, Ronald. (10 Jun 2006). "Disproportionate Minority Contact in Anchorage" (slide presentation). Slide presentation presented to the Anchorage Forum on Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) with the Juvenile Justice System, Anchorage, AK.
Rosay, André and Everett, Ronald S. (2006). Quantitative Analysis of Disparities in Juvenile Delinquency Referrals. Report prepared under Grant No. 2005-IJ-CX-0013 awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Anchorage Disproportionate Minority Contact Initiative (compilers). (Jul 2008). Second Forum on Minority Overrepresentation in the Juvenile Justice System: Realizing Just Solutions (binder). Anchorage, Alaska: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. Compilation of informational materials presented to the Second Forum on Minority Overrepresentation in the Juvenile Justice System, Anchorage, AK.
Articles
Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. (Summer 2006). "Minority Referrals to the Division of Juvenile Justice." Alaska Justice Forum 23(2): 1, 4-8.
Rosay, André B. and Everett, Ronald S. (Fall 2008). "Delinquency Trajectories in Anchorage and Fairbanks." Alaska Justice Forum 25(3): 2–6.
Press releases
Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. (2 July 2008). "UAA Justice Center holds community forum to discuss minorities in the juvenile justice system: Key players join together to discuss possible solutions" (press release).