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Percentages, Disparity and Minority Y outh Incarceration in NY

A disproportionate number of minority youth in NY in juvenile prisons. Percentages, Disparity and Minority Y outh Incarceration in NY. The Public Policy Analyst ( PPA ). Step 1: Define the Problem Step 2: Gather the Evidence Step 3: Identify the Causes Step 4: Examine an Existing Policy

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Percentages, Disparity and Minority Y outh Incarceration in NY

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  1. A disproportionate number of minority youth in NY in juvenile prisons. Percentages, Disparity and Minority Youth Incarceration in NY

  2. The Public Policy Analyst (PPA) • Step 1: Define the Problem • Step 2: Gather the Evidence • Step 3: Identify the Causes • Step 4: Examine an Existing Policy • Step 5: Develop Solutions • Step 6: Select the Best Solution

  3. Percentages, Disparity and Minority Youth Incarceration in NY By Jamal Denman Step 1: Define the Problem

  4. Statistics • 12,558 = number of juveniles who entered the New York City Juvenile Justice System in 2008 [CWW] • 49.4% = percentage of youths released from detention facilities who are readmitted [MMR09] • 80% = percentage of youths released from placement who return within three years [OCFS] Step 2: Gather the Evidence

  5. Statistics • 83% = percentage of youths in detention who require mental health services [MMR08] • 74% = percentage of youths in placement who require substance abuse treatment [OASAS] • 40% = percentage of youths admitted to detention who came from only 15 of New York City's 59 community districts [DJJ] Step 2: Gather the Evidence

  6. Statistics • 68% = percentage of youths from those 15 community districts who came from areas where poverty rates are between 32% and 46% [DHMH] • $251+ million = total New York City budget for the juvenile justice system in FY2008 [IBO] Step 2: Gather the Evidence

  7. Statistics • 95% = percentage of youths entering detention who are of African-American or Latino decent[CA] Step 2: Gather the Evidence

  8. CLASS DISCUSSION • What are the social repercussions of having a disproportionate amount of young minorities in juvenile prisons? • First condition • Second condition • Third condition

  9. Does Family Incarceration Influence Juvenile Delinquency? • Children in New York with a parent in prison: 80,000 [CA] Step 3: Identify the Causes

  10. IDENTIFYING CAUSES • What are some of the reasons that there is such a disparity in the percentages of young minorities in the juvenile prison system in NY? Step 3: Identify the Causes

  11. Briefly list several underlying factors that contribute to the problem that you have identified (support these factors with evidence): • First underlying factor • Second underlying factor • Third underlying factor Step 3: Identify the Causes

  12. STOP AND FRISK Step 4: Examine an Existing Policy

  13. EVALUATING EXISTING PUBLIC POLICY • STOP AND FRISK • Has STOP and FRISK decreased crime in high crime areas? • Are certain ethnic groups targeted in STOP and FRISK? • DOES STOP AND FRISK WORK TO PREVENT CRIME? • DOES STOP AND FRISK MAINTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF CONTACT BETWEEN NYPD AND MINORITIES? Step 4: Examine an Existing Policy

  14. EVALUATING EXISTING PUBLIC POLICY • BLOOMBERG’S Young Men's Initiative • Job-recruitment centers in public-housing complexes • Retrain probation officers in an effort to reduce recidivism • Establish new fatherhood classes • Assess schools on the academic progress of male black and Latino students Step 4: Examine an Existing Policy

  15. SOLUTIONS- YOUR TURN • In groups of 3-4, work together to develop alternative public policy solutions that can help alleviate the disparity of young minorities remain free from the juvenile prison system. • http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet5.html Step 5: Develop New Solutions

  16. WHOLE CLASS – DISCUSS AND VOTE ON THE BEST SOLUTIONS • 1. List the three public policy alternatives from Worksheet 5. Create a short word or abbreviation to summarize each policy and write it at the end of each policy (see example). • 1. • 2. • 3. Step 6: Select the Best Solution

  17. PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS MATRIX FEASABILITY EFFECTIVENESS Step 6: Select the Best Solution

  18. WHOLE CLASS DISCUSSION • Discuss the reasons for your decisions in the matrix. • Discuss why your group prefers one alternative over the other two alternatives. Step 6: Select the Best Solution

  19. DITMAS IS 62 • BY SANDY LIOTTA

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