Assessment of Minority Youth Overrepresentation
in the Alaska Juvenile Justice System

Principal investigator(s):

André Rosay

Ronald Everett
Project dates: 2005–2007
JC#: 0502.02
Funding agency: National Institute of Justice
Grant #: 2005-IJ-CX-0013
Affected agency/area: Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice
Project amount: $143,926
Project status: In progress

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Through several Phase I Identification studies, it is clear that minority youth overrepresentation exists in the Alaska juvenile justice system. Generally speaking, Alaska Native and African American youths are overrepresented at most decision points within the juvenile justice system. It is clear, however, that the greatest source of disproportionate minority contact occurs at the referral stage.

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

Reports

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.

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.

Presentations

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.

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.

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).