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Considerable attention has been directed in recent years toward the issue of disproportionate minority confinement, especially in secure juvenile facilities. Our juvenile justice system has a disproportionate number of minority inmates in custody. What role does discrimination play, or is it a result of real differences in conduct? What should be done? Paper should be 2 pages.
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Running Head: THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
The Juvenile Justice System
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THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
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The Juvenile Justice System
The juvenile justice system has shown major disparities in races and color. The extent of
involvement of the minority youth and the in particular blacks, in comparison to the whites, has
major variations. The existence of the disproportionate representation of races in the systems has
raised questions about the fairness and equality of the scheme. The disproportionate number of
the minority shows that the issue of discrimination has not come to an end in the systems
(Markowitz, & Jones-Brown, 2000). In this case, the police and the courts have remained unfair
to the minority races and color thus making most of the youth's remains behind bars in the
juvenile system. The disproportionate numbers of teenagers in the s...
