RT Research Data
T1 Ethnic minority young people: differential treatment in the youth justice system, 2006
A1 Gyateng, Tracey
A1 Hough, Mike 1948-
A2 Hough, Mike 1948-
LA English
PP Colchester
PB UK Data Service
YR 2011
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1873084080
AB There are clear patterns of under- and over-representation of ethnic minority groups in the youth justice system. Black and mixed race teenagers are over-represented, relative to their representation in the overall population. Other minority groups are not generally over-represented and some are under-represented. This study examined whether teenagers from ethnic minorities are treated differently to white teenagers by the youth justice system. It investigated how young people are drawn into the youth justice system, and traced whether disproportionality at the point of entry was preserved, amplified or reduced as they passed through the system. The data available from the UK Data Archive comprise a database of young offenders. Data were collected from the Youth Offending Information System (YOIS), an electronic system used by most YOTs in the country to case-manage and report on young offenders. A purposive sample of 12 YOTs was used to yield relatively high proportions of offenders from the larger ethnic minority groups. YOIS data on all offenders who had committed an offence in 2006 and their disposals recorded up to December 2007 have been extracted.
K1 Adolescents
K1 Age
K1 anti-social behaviour act
K1 Assault
K1 behavioural problems
K1 Burglary
K1 community service (Punishment)
K1 convictions (legal)
K1 criminal damage
K1 CRIMINAL justice system
K1 Criminal Record
K1 drug offences
K1 Electronic Monitoring
K1 ethnic groups
K1 Ethnic minorities
K1 Fines
K1 Gender
K1 Imprisonment
K1 judgments (law)
K1 offences
K1 possession of stolen property
K1 Probation
K1 public order offences
K1 restriction on movement (punishment)
K1 Robbery
K1 Sexual offences
K1 suspended sentences
K1 Theft
K1 traffic offences
K1 Weapons
K1 Young Offenders
K1 Youth
K1 youth courts
K1 Youth Crime
K1 youth unemployment
K1 youth workers
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.5255/UKDA-SN-6749-1