How You Can Help Human trafficking is one of the greatest issues the world faces today, and cases today are typically based in historical trauma. Native communities know this especially to be true. It is no secret that ever since … Read More
Author Archives: Susan Shaffette
A Class Divided
On the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in 1968, an Iowa school teacher gave her third-grade students a first-hand experience in the meaning of discrimination. This is the story of what she taught the children, and the … Read More
Disparities in Child Welfare: Considering the Implementation of Differential Response
Disparities in Child Welfare: Considering the Implementation of Differential Response Published by the National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC-DR), this issue brief seeks to explore the ways in which a differential response-organized Child Protection … Read More
Juvenile Justice Resource Hub Adds Racial-Ethnic Fairness Section
Juvenile Justice Resource Hub Adds Racial-Ethnic Fairness Section Developed by the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange and the National Juvenile Justice Network with support from the MacArthur Foundation, the Juvenile Justice Resource Hub provides timely research and information on juvenile justice issues and trends. In addition to sections on mental … Read More
National Disproportionate Minority Contact Databook
Updated May, 2012. The National Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Databook is designed to give users an understanding of the Relative Rate Index (RRI) and an assessment of the levels of disproportionate minority contact at various stages of juvenile justice system … Read More
OJJDP Releases Updated DMC Fact Sheet-November, 2012
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has published an update to the In Focus fact sheet, Disproportionate Minority Contact. This fact sheet provides an overview of OJJDP’s efforts to reduce disproportionate minority contact (DMC) in juvenile justice systems, … Read More
Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice, & Statistics Website Features Interactive DMC Dashboards
From Boys to Men: The health and education of Hispanic boys and young men This data-rich report, from The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families, compares the health and education of Latino boys and young men to those of their … Read More
Why Understanding Racial Bias is Crucial for the Responsible Use of Predictive Analytics
Why Understanding Racial Bias is Crucial for the Responsible Use of Predictive Analytics Chronicle of Social Change – June 09, 2017 As big data tools like predictive analytics become more prevalent, child-welfare agencies must grapple with implicit racial bias if … Read More
Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood
The Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality, which published this report, works with policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and advocates to develop effective policies and practices that alleviate poverty and inequality in the United States. The Center’s areas of anti-poverty work include national, state, and … Read More