The overrepresentation of youth with disabilities in the juvenile justice system is a persistent concern, but estimates of their involvement vary dramatically due to differences in how disability is conceptualized and when involvement in juvenile justice is measured. This study linked juvenile court and educational records for 230,760 students in one state to describe the involvement of students with and without disabilities in juvenile court. Overrepresentation of students with disabilities was not robust to sociodemographic controls (relative risk ratio [RR] = 1.07) but varied by disability category such that students with emotional or behavioral disorders (RR = 1.98) and other health impairments (RR = 1.12) remained overrepresented. Students with disabilities were charged with more severe offenses than their peers without disabilities and were more likely to be petitioned to court with a higher degree of offense even after controlling for the type of offense. Implications for policy, practice, and research are discussed.

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双重危险？残疾状况在第一少年法庭参与中的不成比例

少年司法系统中残疾青年的比例过高是一个长期存在的问题，但由于残疾的概念和衡量少年司法参与的时间不同，对他们参与的估计差异很大。这项研究将一个州的 230,760 名学生的少年法庭和教育记录联系起来，以描述有残疾和没有残疾的学生在少年法庭的参与情况。残疾学生的过多代表对社会人口学控制并不稳健（相对风险比 [RR] = 1.07），但因残疾类别而异，因此患有情绪或行为障碍（RR = 1.98）和其他健康障碍（RR = 1.12）的学生仍然过多. 与没有残疾的同龄人相比，残疾学生被指控犯有更严重的罪行，即使在控制了犯罪类型之后，他们也更有可能以更严重的罪行向法院请愿。讨论了对政策、实践和研究的影响。