Delinquent: How the American Juvenile Court is Failing Black Children:

Black children are more than twice as likely as white children to be arrested. Black children are five times more likely than white children to be detained or committed to youth jails. These statistics are shocking because black children only make up 16% of the total number of children in this country. Why is the American Juvenile Court failing Black children?Daphne Robinson was a prosecutor for more than 20 years in the juvenile justice system. She has had an up close view of a system that...