Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) School Curriculum Contact Person: Melissa Shetrom (717) 265-8477 [email protected]

www.pccd.state.pa.us

DMC: What is it?

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Federal Mandate (JJDPA)

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When minority youth are disproportionately represented in the juvenile justice system (population and white population/contact)

DMC in Pennsylvania

 Leader among states  Law Enforcement/Minority Youth Forums  Law Enforcement Curriculum  “Middle School” Curriculum  Latino Needs Assessment  Statewide Assessment  One chairman: Daniel P. Elby

DMC Stats for Dauphin County and Pennsylvania

County  24.9% African American – RRI at arrest in 2008 was 2.73*  8.1% Hispanic/Latino  2.7% Asian  63.8% Caucasian State 14.1% African American – RRI at arrest in 2008 was 3.70*  6.6% Hispanic/Latino  2.4% Asian  76.5% Caucasian

*Indicates that the relative volume of arrests involving all minority youth in Dauphin County was 2.73 and 3.7 (statewide) times as high as for white youth.

Middle School DMC Curriculum

 Developed as an outcome to the forums  Designed to reduce arrests of juveniles  Focus on 7 th and 8 th graders  Piloted in Downey in 2009  Comprised of 10 lessons designed to educate youth about their rights, responsibilities, and the juvenile justice system

Layout of Curriculum

 Facilitators  Teachers  Dates:  Times:

Mock Lesson Prep

 Ms. Hall and Mr. Stern will demonstrate lesson #2  Lessons 3-9 will be group presentations  10 minutes to prep  2-3 minute presentation to group

Next Steps

 How/when will you communicate with the facilitator/teacher until lesson #1?

 What’s the most important thing you’ll take back from this training?

 How do you see the importance of your role in the implementation of the DMC Curriculum?