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New
Study
Shows
Racial
Disparities
in
Criminal
Justice
System
4/28/00
"And Justice for Some," a
new study funded in part by the Department of Justice, along with six major
foundations, has found that non-white juveniles are treated more harshly
at every point in the justice system. The report found that non-white
juveniles are more likely to be arrested, held in jail, remanded to adult
court, convicted, sentenced to prison and given longer sentences.
Among offenders who have
never before served time, black youths were six times as likely as whites
to be sentenced to prison. For violent crimes, they are nine times
as likely to be incarcerated, and then are sentenced to an average of 254
days versus 193 days for whites. For those charged with drug offenses,
black youths are 48 times as likely to be sentenced to juvenile detention
as white youths.
The report, which can be
found on the web at http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org,
was funded in part by the Open Society Institute, the Ford Foundation,
the MacArthur foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Walter Johnson
Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Issue #135, 4/28/00
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