January 25, 2007
Who really cares about black teens?
The Plain Dealer, January 25, 2007 (column)
Study after study, the evidence is clear: Black youths are overrepresented in every stage of the juvenile justice system. In fact, as more and more black children are taken from their homes and locked up in kiddie prisons, the problem grows worse—not better. The public becomes increasingly frightened by highly publicized and politicized images of black kids—especially black boys. The statistics bear evidence to support this misdirected view. For example, a 2002 study by the Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change at Case Western Reserve University found that black youths in Cuyahoga County are more than twice as likely to be charged with a felony drug offense than are white youths (70 percent versus 32 percent). Read article.
Posted by: Heidi Cool, January 25, 2007 03:51 PM | News Topics: Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Politics and Public Policy, The Plain Dealer
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