Mental Illness, Violence Risk, and Race in Juvenile Detention: Implications for Disproportionate Minority Contact

Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) is a pervasive problem throughout the juvenile justice system. This article explored whether mental illness may be an explanatory factor in DMC. Data such as measures of violence risk and symptoms of mental illness were taken from intake interviews with 482 de...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of orthopsychiatry 2012-01, Vol.82 (1), p.32-40
Hauptverfasser:	Desai, Rani A., Falzer, Paul R., Chapman, John, Borum, Randy
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent African Americans - psychology African Americans - statistics & numerical data At Risk Populations Behavior Biological and medical sciences Child Connecticut Criminal justice Detention disproportionate minority contact European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data Female Hispanic Americans - psychology Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data Human Humans Juvenile courts Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Delinquency - psychology Juvenile Delinquency - statistics & numerical data Juvenile Justice Male Medical sciences Mental Disorders Mental Disorders - psychology Mental health Mental Illness Minority & ethnic groups Minority Groups Minority Groups - psychology Minority Groups - statistics & numerical data Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - statistics & numerical data Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Race Race (Anthropological) Risk Risk Factors Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry Symptoms U.S.A Violence Violence - psychology Youth
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