Crime Blotter: A Snapshots of Crime Statistics by Gender and Race/ethnicity, along with a Look at Occupations and Salaries in the American Criminal Justice System

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African American Proportion of Youth Offenders, 1998 *

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Arrested                            26%
Referred to Juvenile Court          31%
Detained                            44%
Petitioned by Juvenile Court        34%
Adjudicated Delinquent              32%
Waived to Criminal Court            46%
In Residential Placement            40%
Admitted to State Prisons           58%

* DATA REPRESENTS OFFENDERS

SOURCE: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION --
"JUSTICE BY GENDER -- THE LACK OF APPROPRIATE PREVENTION, DIVERSION
AND TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM."
Percentage of Jail Inmates by Race/Ethnicity, 1990-2000

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