Goodkind, S
(2019)
Institutionalized inequity: Pathways to juvenile justice for Black girls in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
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Abstract
In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the county in which Pittsburgh is located, Black girls are 10 times more likely than White girls to be referred to the juvenile justice system. Yet, research shows that this disproportionate referral rate cannot be accounted for by differences in girls’ behaviors. Thus, we see this disparity as evidence, not of problems with Black girls, but of the failure of our other child-serving systems that should be helping and supporting girls rather than punishing and excluding them by referring them to juvenile justice.
This report provides background on the juvenile justice system, data on referrals of Black girls to juvenile justice, and recommendations for decreasing the disproportionate referral of Black girls to juvenile justice.
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