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Racial Disparities in the Acquisition of Juvenile Arrest Records

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  • Steven Raphael
  • Sandra V. Rozo

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We document racial and ethnic disparities in the propensity of law enforcement to formally book juvenile arrests. A fair share of these disparities can be attributed to differences in arrest offense severity and arrest history as well as cross-agency differences in practice. The disparities are the largest for age ranges and offenses where the greatest discretion is exercised. We explore whether booked arrests increase the likelihood of future arrests and bookings exploiting the discontinuity in the booking probability at age 18. The results suggest sizable effects of a prior booking on the likelihood of a future arrest and subsequent booking.

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  • Steven Raphael & Sandra V. Rozo, 2019. "Racial Disparities in the Acquisition of Juvenile Arrest Records," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 37(S1), pages 125-159.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jlabec:doi:10.1086/701068
    DOI: 10.1086/701068
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    1. Simone Bertoli & Morgane Laouenan & Jérôme Valette, 2022. "Border Apprehensions and Federal Sentencing of Hispanic Citizens in the United States," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03818735, HAL.
    2. Amartya Bose, 2020. "Racial disparities in law enforcement: The role of in-group bias and electoral pressures," Discussion Papers 2020-11, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales.
    3. Lieberman, Carl, 2024. "Variation in racial disparities in police use of force," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).

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