Do Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Mandate Reforms Change Decision-Making? Decomposing Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen A. Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Disproportionate Minority Contact

The Causes and Pervasiveness of DMC: Stakeholder Perceptions of Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cherie Dawson-Edwards ◽  
Richard Tewksbury ◽  
Nadia T. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Professional Relationships ◽  
Stakeholder Perceptions ◽  
Disproportionate Minority Contact ◽  
Statewide Assessment

This study explores perceptions and awareness of disproportionate minority contact (DMC) by stakeholders in juvenile justice, youth-serving community organizations, schools, social services, and the faith community. This study is derived from a statewide assessment, which included in-person interviews with individuals that have personal and professional relationships within the juvenile justice system. Findings support the contention that individuals are either unaware of the prevalence of DMC, have already formed prejudices about minority youth within the system, or do not appreciate the degree of importance DMC has on the development of minority youth.

scholarly journals Exploring Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System Over the Year Following First Arrest

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Namita Tanya Padgaonkar ◽  
Amanda E. Baker ◽  
Mirella Dapretto ◽  
Adriana Galván ◽  
Paul J. Frick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Disproportionate Minority Contact

The Importance of Evaluation and Monitoring Within the Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Mandate

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer H. Peck
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Court ◽  
Good Faith ◽  
Disproportionate Minority Contact ◽  
Prevention Act ◽  
Evaluation And Monitoring ◽  
Five Phases

In 2002, the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 required that states participating in the Formula Grants Program must put forth a good faith effort at addressing juvenile delinquency and the presence of minority youth at all decision-making points of the juvenile justice system without the use of numerical quotas. The last decade has brought about increases in states’ efforts at identifying and assessing the extent of disproportionate minority contact (DMC) across juvenile court contacts. Many states have already implemented or are currently implementing intervention and prevention efforts at reducing DMC. However, the segments of identification, assessment, and intervention are only three of the five phases of the DMC mandate. In light of the progression of the DMC mandate since its original implementation in 1988, the purpose of this essay is to spark discussion on the future of examining DMC in the juvenile justice system through a researcher’s perspective. Various topics that relate to DMC are presented as ideas for readers to consider, as they progress with their research agendas.

Disproportionate minority contact in the U.S. juvenile justice system: a review of the DMC literature, 2001 to 2014, Part II

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 596-626
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Spinney ◽  
Marcia Cohen ◽  
William Feyerherm ◽  
Rachel Stephenson ◽  
Martha Yeide ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Disproportionate Minority Contact ◽  
System A ◽  
The U.S

Contexts of Decision Making in the Juvenile Justice System: An Organizational Approach to Understanding Minority Overrepresentation

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M. Bishop ◽  
Michael Leiber ◽  
Joseph Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Minority Overrepresentation ◽  
Focal Concerns Perspective ◽  
The Impact

Significant advances have been made in our understanding of the origins and dynamics of minority overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system. Nevertheless, much remains to be learned. In this article, the authors explore the impact of race on juvenile justice processing by examining the organizational contexts in which decisions are made. They offer a theoretical framework that combines insights from organizational theory and the focal concerns perspective and that focuses on the organizational players (action sets) involved in decision making from intake to final disposition. Based on the composition of action sets, and their corresponding value orientations, the authors make predictions regarding the influence of sociodemographic, legal, and extralegal variables at each processing juncture. The empirical test provides a reasonably good fit with the data. Implications for further research are discussed.

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