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

DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEMand Hood (see Table C7b in Appendix C). Further, the variable indicating a guilty pleawas taken from plea at the last stage of court, as date of pleas from pre-court was largelymissing for court sentences. This implies that a young person may not have pleadedguilty at the time of police charging, but it has been assumed that the numbers changingplea are small.Table D1Eligibility for pre-court disposalsBoysGirlsNot eligible Eligible Not eligible EligibleEthnicity N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)Asian 678 45 820 55 52 27 143 73Black 1,128 56 902 44 136 32 293 68Mixed 499 66 256 34 109 53 96 47White 4,383 57 3,347 43 874 38 1,399 62Total 6,688 56 5,325 44 1,171 38 1,931 62Table D2Disposals given to cases eligible for pre-court disposalPre-courtdisposalBoysForwardedforprosecutionPre-courtdisposalGirlsForwardedforprosecutionEthnicity N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)Asian 475 58 345 42 124 87 19 13Black 464 51 438 49 216 74 77 26Mixed 108 42 148 58 55 57 41 43White 2,088 62 1,259 38 1,066 76 333 24Total 3,135 59 2,190 41 1,461 76 470 24125