title: Adolescent substance use and other illegal behaviors and racial disparities in criminal justice system involvement: findings from a US national survey.
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, but were more 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Meghana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kakade
authors.forename: Cristiane S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: Xinhua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Cordelia J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Drucker
authors.forename: Christina W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hoven
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003415:Crime / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003416:Criminal Law / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data