Our Children, Their Children

Foreword by Barry A. Krisberg
1. Introduction by Darnell F. Hawkins and Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
Part 1 - Racial and Ethnic Differences in Juvenile Crime and Punishment: Past and Present
2. The Role of Race and Ethnicity in Juvenile Justice Processing
Donna M. Bishop
3. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Juvenile Offending
Janet L. Lauritsen
4. Degrees of Discretion: The First Juvenile Court and the Problem of Difference in the Early Twentieth Century
David S. Tanenhaus
5. Race and the Jurisprudence of Juvenile Justice: A Tale in Two Parts, 1950-2000
Barry C. Feld
Part 2 - Understanding Race Differences in Offending and the Administration of Justice
6. Is Suburban Sprawl a Juvenile Justice Issue?
Paul A. Jargowsky, Scott A. Desmond, and Robert D. Crutchfield
7. Race and Crime: The Contribution of Individual, Familial, and Neighborhood-Level Risk Factors to Life-Course-Persistent Offending
Alex R. Piquero, Terrie E. Moffitt, and Brian Lawton
8. Explaining Assessments of Future Risk: Race and Attributions of Juvenile Offenders in Presentencing Reports
Sara Steen, Christine E. W. Bond, George S. Bridges, and Charis E. Kubrin
9. "Justice by Geography": Racial Disparity and Juvenile Courts
Timothy M. Bray, Lisa L. Sample, and Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
10. Race, Ethnicity, and Juvenile Justice: Is There Bias in Postarrest Decision Making?
Paul E. Tracy
Part 3 - Public Perceptions and Remedial Social Policy
11 Disproportionate Minority Confinement/Contact (DMC): The Federal Initiative
Carl E. Pope and Michael J. Leiber
12. Mental Health Issues among Minority Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System
Elizabeth Cauffman and Thomas Grisso
13. Minimizing Harm from Minority Disproportion in American Juvenile Justice
Franklin E. Zimring
14. Conclusion
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard and Darnell F. Hawkins
Contributors
Index