Reducing Youths' Disproportionate
Minority Contact (DMC) with the
Justice System.
Across all projects, the Juvenile Justice Research and Reform Lab seeks to narrow racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice contact, processing, and outcomes through research, training, and policy and practice reform.
To promote procedurally just policing practices and prevent disparate entry of youth into the system, the lab partners with juvenile justice stakeholders in Philadelphia to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pennsylvania Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Youth/Law Enforcement Curriculum. The DMC Curriculum is a training program that brings youth and officers together to improve relations between police and young people in their communities, educate officers about cultural and developmental differences in adolescents' and adults' behavior, and teach officers de-escalation techniques that are particularly effective with youth.
The JJR&R Lab also collaborates with jurisdictions across Pennsylvania and throughout the United States to evaluate implementation of the DMC Curriculum with fidelity and determine how the program impacts officers and youth.
To promote procedurally just policing practices and prevent disparate entry of youth into the system, the lab partners with juvenile justice stakeholders in Philadelphia to evaluate the effectiveness of the Pennsylvania Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Youth/Law Enforcement Curriculum. The DMC Curriculum is a training program that brings youth and officers together to improve relations between police and young people in their communities, educate officers about cultural and developmental differences in adolescents' and adults' behavior, and teach officers de-escalation techniques that are particularly effective with youth.
The JJR&R Lab also collaborates with jurisdictions across Pennsylvania and throughout the United States to evaluate implementation of the DMC Curriculum with fidelity and determine how the program impacts officers and youth.
