Disproportionate Minority Contact Addressing disproportinate contact in juvenile justice: Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact: Preparation at the Local Level

摘要

Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) refers to the disproportionate representation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system. DMC first cameto national attention in 1988, when the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (formerly the National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups) focused on the problem in its annual report to Congress. In response to the report,C ongress required that all States receiving formula grant funds address disproportionality among detained and confined youth. In 1992, Congress elevated DMC to a core requirement for States. Under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002, if a State fails to address the overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) may withhold 20 percent of the State's formula grant allocation for the subsequent year. The Act expanded the requirement to include disproportionality at all points in the juvenile justice system.