Adolescent substance use and other illegal behaviors and racial disparities in criminal justice system involvement: Findings from a US national survey

M. Kakade, C.S. Duarte, X. Liu, C.J. Fuller, E. Drucker, C.W. Hoven, B. Fan and P. Wu

American Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 102, issue 7, 1307-1310

Abstract: 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, butweremore 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. (Am J Public Health.

Date: 2012
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