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Disparities in Juvenile Justice System

By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, August 7, 2008.

In New Hampshire African American children between the ages of 10-17 are three times more likely to be arrested as white ten to seventeen year olds.

That’s according to the most recent statistics from the state’s Division of Juvenile Justice.

A committee made up of police officers, judges and advocates has begun to dig into the root causes of the disparity.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.