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Differential treatment in the youth justice system - Equality and ...

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DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEMTable C7b Case profile (excludes Area F)% MalesAsianBlackCh<strong>in</strong>ese/O<strong>the</strong>rMixedNotknown White TotalNo charges sentenced up to current offence dateNo previousconvictions 19 17 38 14 62 10 151-3 55 48 56 38 32 49 484-5 8 8 - 9 3 9 86-10 9 12 6 16 2 12 1110+ 9 16 - 22 1 21 18Previous custodialHad a previouscustodial 2 4 3 3 1 3 3Persistent offenderClassified as apersistent youngoffender 13 23 6 32 3 26 23N 1,614 2,231 32 819 624 8,205 13,525% FemalesAsianBlackCh<strong>in</strong>ese/O<strong>the</strong>rMixedNotknown White TotalNo charges sentenced up to current offence dateNo previousconvictions 14 13 - 17 51 10 131-3 73 72 93 48 45 67 664-5 5 3 7 10 4 8 76-10 6 5 - 12 - 9 810+ 2 6 - 13 - 7 7Previous custodialHad a previouscustodial 2 2 - 1 - 2 2Persistent offenderClassified as apersistent youngoffender 4 9 - 17 - 11 10N 198 443 14 216 132 2,359 3,362Note: The proportion of cases with no previous convictions is smaller than those reported byFeilzer <strong>and</strong> Hood (2004). With<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> dataset <strong>the</strong>re does not appear to be any o<strong>the</strong>r appropriatevariable count<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> number of previous convictions.117

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