How Does DMC Impact Youth in Pennsylvania?

•     African-American youth are arrested at a rate of more than 3.78 times that of white youth

•     Hispanic youth are arrested at a rate of 1.47 times that of white youth

•     African-American and Hispanic youth are less likely to be diverted than white youth

•     Minority youth are placed on formal probation at a rate of 0.82 times that of white youth

•    Minority youth are placed in long-term, secure placements at a rate of 1.80 times that of white youth

***According to 2012 statistics from the Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research***