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Title: Adolescent Substance Use and Other Illegal Behaviors and Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice System Involvement: Findings From a US National Survey
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1. Kakade, Meghana
Duarte, Cristiane S.
Liu, Xinhua
Fuller, Cordelia J.
Drucker, Ernest
Hoven, Christina W.
Fan, Bin
Wu, Ping
Adolescent Substance Use and Other Illegal Behaviors and Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice System Involvement: Findings From a US National Survey
American Journal of Public Health 102,7 (July 2012): 1307-1310.
Also: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300699
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Public Health Association
Keyword(s): Arrests; Criminal Justice System; Drug Use; Illegal Activities; Racial Differences

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We used data from a national survey to examine arrest rate disparities between African American and White adolescents (aged 12–17 years; n = 6725) in relation to drug-related and other illegal behaviors. African American adolescents were less likely than Whites to have engaged in drug use or drug selling, but were more likely to have been arrested. Racial disparities in adolescent arrest appear to result from differential treatment of minority youths and to have long-term negative effects on the lives of affected African American youths.
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Kakade, Meghana, Cristiane S. Duarte, Xinhua Liu, Cordelia J. Fuller, Ernest Drucker, Christina W. Hoven, Bin Fan and Ping Wu. "Adolescent Substance Use and Other Illegal Behaviors and Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice System Involvement: Findings From a US National Survey." American Journal of Public Health 102,7 (July 2012): 1307-1310.