Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) and Racial Equity and Diversity (RED) Programs funded through Community-based Aid Dr. Anne Hobbs Juvenile Justice Institute
CBA and DMC There are two areas where Community- based Aid may overlap with DMC: 1. Specific programs designed to address over represented groups; 2. Community Planning should be conducted around relevant data points. Especially for counties that fund system improvement.
CBA Funded Programs 8 Cultural Programs (3 Lancaster County; 3 Douglas County; 1 Platte and 1 Box Butte) LC- Latina Leaders and Joven Noble LC- Strong & Smart Girls and Talented Tenth LC- Mother Daughter Circles DC - Refugee Juvenile Justice Advocate DC - Community Implementation of Preventative Service / Delivery for Minority Youth and Families (1 Thrive Center and 2 in Latino Center) PC- Triumph Builders Club and Upward Movement BBC – Diversion with Cultural Elements
Cultural Programs vs DMC Funding individual programs is not the same as addressing systemic disproportionate contact.
Cultural programs do not fulfill DMC • Cultural programs at best target a specific point in the system, and/ or a specific group. • While this is worthwhile and important, it does not address the systematic issues that drive DMC.
Overall DMC Pattern (2012 Study) Description of System Point White Black Hispanic Indian Asian Contact with Law Enforcement Under Over Over Over Under Youth in Temporarily Custody Under Over Over Over --- Youth Issued Citation Over Under --- --- --- Description of System Point White Black Hispanic Indian Asian Contact with Law Enforcement Under Over Over Over Under Youth Referred to Diversion --- Under Under Under Youth Temporarily Detained Under Over Over Over --- Youth Issued Citation Over Under --- --- --- Youth Enrolled in Diversion --- --- Under --- --- Youth Referred to Diversion --- Under Under Under Youth Successful in Diversion Youth Enrolled in Diversion Over --- Under --- Under --- --- --- --- --- Youth Successful in Diversion Over Under --- --- --- Youth Charged in Adult Court Under Over Over --- Under Youth Charged in Adult Court Under Over Over --- Under Multiple Charges --- Over --- --- --- Multiple Charges --- Over --- --- --- Transferred to Juvenile Court --- Over Under --- --- Youth Success on Juvenile Probation --- Under --- Under --- Transferred to Juvenile Court --- Over Under --- --- Revocation of Probation --- --- --- Over --- Youth in OJS Custody Under Over Over Over --- Youth Success on Juvenile Probation --- Under --- Under --- OJS Custody: Placed in Detention Under Over --- Over --- Youth Booked into Detention Under Over --- Over Over Revocation of Probation --- --- --- Over --- Youth Booked into Detention More than Once Under Over --- --- --- Youth in OJS Custody Under Over Over Over --- OJS Custody: Placed in Detention Under Over --- Over --- Youth Booked into Detention Under Over --- Over Over Youth Booked into Detention (>once) Under Over --- --- ---
County-level System Points The Comprehensive Juvenile Service Planning process may be a process where communities can examine DMC Patterns. This would enhance planning efforts!
Community Planning
CBA Funds: System Improvement Funding should direct the county using data about the system. Often these are the persons who write the Comprehensive Juvenile Services Plan
System Improvement Activities % of Program % All N Type Programs Training/Quality improvement Training/Quality improvement 3 100.0% 1.4% DMC 0 0.0% 0.0% Evaluator - TOTAL 0 0.0 % 0.0% Administration Administration 4 17.4% 1.8% JDAI coordinator 2 8.7% 0.9% Collective impact coordinator 0 0.0% 0.0% Grant writer 4 17.4% 1.8% Coordinator 3 13.0% 1.4% Administrative 6 26.1% 2.8% Backbone Support 4 17.4% 1.8% Administration - TOTAL 23 100.0% 10.6% Data - TOTAL 1 100.0% 0.5% System Improvement – TOTAL 27 12.4%
Points in the Juvenile Justice System • Law Enforcement • Cases filed in Juvenile Court • Juvenile Diversion • Juvenile Cases field in Adult Court • Detention / Secure Detention • YRTC Commitment
County-level Data JJI sent the request out to roughly 40 county/ county leads and only 1 person could access their data. JJI began pulling some of the data (see samples from years past) and we have not been able to access accurate race data across system points.
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