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  • 3 - Disproportionate minority confinement

    • By William Arroyo, LA County Department of Mental Health Child, Youth and Family Administration 550 S. Vermont Avenue, Third Floor Los Angeles, CA 90020 USA
  • Edited by Carol L. Kessler, Columbia University, New York, Louis James Kraus, Rush University, Chicago
  • Book:
    The Mental Health Needs of Young Offenders
    Published online:
    11 August 2009
    Print publication:
    06 September 2007, pp 48-60

  • Summary

    The groups of minority youth to which disproportionate minority confinement (DMC) pertains are those identified by the federal government, namely, African American youth, Latino or Hispanic youth, Asian American youth, and American Indian youth. The research in this field has varied extensively in regard to sampling, jurisdictions, hypotheses, data collection, and other aspects of methodology. Any coordination of efforts or direct reporting of information to the Immigration and Naturalization Service expands the mound of challenges for some of these youth and their families. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has sponsored several seminal publications relevant to DMC during the past decade. States have resorted to several actions to address DMC as a result of technical assistance among other reasons. The frequently adopted strategies have been community-based prevention, intervention, and diversion programs, and cultural sensitivity training.