Minority youth are disproportionately represented in the juvenile justice system. Examining how racial disparities relate to biased entry into and continued involvement with the system, while accounting for past and current offending, can provide context about the mechanisms behind overrepresentation. 1,216 adolescents were examined after first arrest to explore associations between race and history of self‐reported offending, likelihood of formal processing, and likelihood of rearrest. Black youth committed fewer offenses prior to arrest than White youth, Black and Latino youth were more likely to be formally processed, and Black youth were most likely to be rearrested (even controlling for postbaseline offending), highlighting that minority youth are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system despite similar or lower levels of criminal behavior.

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探索首次逮捕后一年内少年司法系统中不成比例的少数族裔接触情况

少数族裔青年在少年司法系统中所占比例过高。研究种族差异如何与有偏见地进入和继续参与该系统有关，同时考虑到过去和当前的犯罪行为，可以提供有关代表性过高背后机制的背景信息。1,216 名青少年在首次被捕后接受了检查，以探讨种族与自我报告犯罪史、正式处理的可能性以及再次逮捕的可能性之间的关联。黑人青年在被捕前犯下的罪行比白人青年少，黑人和拉丁裔青年更有可能受到正式处理，黑人青年最有可能再次被捕（甚至控制基线后犯罪），