Disproportionate minority contact in the Dutch juvenile justice system

Boon, A.; Dorp, M. van; Boer, S. de (2019)

Article / Letter to editor

To examine whether disproportionate minority contact (DMC) exists in the Netherlands, the representation of minority youth was determined for all stages of the juvenile justice system. Using native Dutch youth as a reference group, the odds ratios (OR) to be registered and arrested as suspect, for alternative punishment and for incarceration, were calculated for the minority youth. In all stages of the juvenile justice system, the ORs for minority youths were considerably higher, except for alternative punishment, having lower ORs. This indicates that DMC exists in the Netherlands. DMC should be politicized and programs should be developed to eliminate this inequality.

• Ethnicity
• juveniles
• quantitative research

• All authors: Boon, A.; Dorp, M. van; Boer, S. de
• Date: 2019-01-01
• Journal: Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 42 - 56
• DOI: doi:10.1080/15377938.2018.1564717