Search Results
Title: Black Teens Who Commit a Few Crimes Go to Jail as Often as White Teens Who Commit Dozens
Resulting in 1 citation.
| 1. |
Ehrenfreund, Max |
|
Black Teens Who Commit a Few Crimes Go to Jail as Often as White Teens Who Commit Dozens Washington Post, January 30, 2015, Wonkblog Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. [Excerpts from newspaper article] Boys are less likely to commit crimes but they are more likely to be placed in a correctional facility than they were three decades ago, according to a new study that shows the justice system for juvenile offenders has become much more punitive. The trends are particularly pronounced among boys from racial minorities, according to the paper by Tia Stevens Andersen of the University of South Carolina and Michigan State University's Merry Morash. The study compared results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth in 1980 and 2000, which is the latest date for which detailed data are available. Surveyors asked youth whether they had stolen, destroyed property, attacked someone or sold drugs in the last year. Of the boys between the ages of 15 and 18 surveyed in 1980, 59 percent said they had, compared to just 28 percent of similarly aged boys surveyed in 2000. |
|
|
Bibliography Citation
Ehrenfreund, Max. "Black Teens Who Commit a Few Crimes Go to Jail as Often as White Teens Who Commit Dozens." Washington Post, January 30, 2015, Wonkblog. |