title: African American teens and the neo-juvenile justice system.
abstract: African American youth continue to be overrepresented in the juvenile justice system. As a result of the current political environment and the perceived increase in crime among young people, the nation has moved away from rehabilitation and toward harsher treatment of delinquents. The African American community must encourage policy makers and community leaders to continue to address the disproportionate representation of African American youth in the system. Current policing and prosecutorial policies must also be examined and challenged to end the perception of an unjust system.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, USA.
authors.forename: Judith L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rozie-Battle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000299:Adolescent, Institutionalized; D001741:Black or African American / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003416:Criminal Law / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000208:ethnology*; D035846:Law Enforcement; D008297:Male; D011330:Prisons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012935:Social Justice; D014481:United States