Proportions and Poverty
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A disproportionate number of minority
youth in NY in juvenile prisons.
Step 1:
Step 2:
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Step 4:
Step 5:
Step 6:
Define the Problem
Gather the Evidence
Identify the Causes
Examine an Existing Policy
Develop Solutions
Select the Best Solution
By Jamal Denman
Step 1: Define the Problem
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
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
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
95% = percentage of
youths entering
detention who are of
African-American or
Latino decent [CA]
Step 2: Gather the Evidence
What are the social repercussions of having a
disproportionate amount of young minorities
in juvenile prisons?
1. First condition
2. Second condition
3. Third condition
Children in New York
with a parent in prison:
80,000 [CA]
Step 3: Identify the 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
First underlying factor
Second underlying factor
Third underlying factor
Step 3: Identify the Causes
Step 4: Examine an Existing 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
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
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/wo
rksheet5.html
Step 5: Develop New 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
FEASABILITY
EFFECTIVENESS
HIGH
MEDIUM
LOW
HIGH
MEDIUM
LOW
Step 6: Select the Best Solution
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
BY SANDY LIOTTA