Research at a Glance
In 2003, of the 42 counties with a sufficient percentage of African-American youth to measure disproportionate minority contact, 35 had an over representation of African Americans among youth arrested when compared to their representation in the general juvenile population in those counties. This issue of Research at a Glance summarizes information from Assessing disproportionate minority contact with the Illinois juvenile justice system, by Phillip Stevenson, ICJIA senior research analyst.