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Guidelines for Collecting and Recording the Race and Ethnicity of Juveniles in Conjunction with Juvenile Delinquency Disposition Reporting to the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission
Author(s) -
TORBET PATRICIA,
HURST HUNTER,
SOLER MARK
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.2007.tb00138.x
Subject(s) - juvenile , juvenile delinquency , commission , disposition , ethnic group , race (biology) , juvenile court , economic justice , psychology , criminology , coding (social sciences) , political science , law , social psychology , sociology , gender studies , genetics , biology , social science
One of the most compelling reasons for accurate racial coding of juveniles involved in the juvenile justice system is to ensure that all youth are treated fairly, regardless of race or ethnicity. Pennsylvania juvenile courts and probation departments now have instructions and guidelines for collecting and recording race and ethnicity in compliance with Federal standards. These guidelines can be easily adopted by other states and jurisdictions.