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

DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEMTable D4Model of prosecution versus pre-court disposal: FemaleEthnicity: Base=WhiteLogistic regression random effectsOdds/Exp(B)95.0% Confidence Intervalfor Odds/ Exp(B)Lower BoundUpper BoundAsian or Asian British 0.51* 0.27 0.94Black or Black British 0.87 0.57 1.32Mixed 2.11* 1.20 3.72Age 16+ 1.72** 1.30 2.29More than twounique offences 10.28** 5.90 17.93Violence againstthe person 0.41** 0.28 0.60Drugs 0.15** 0.04 0.48Public Order 0.23** 0.13 0.42Theft and handling 0.22** 0.16 0.31Gravity score 6+ 4.29** 2.22 8.27Area A 2.96** 1.63 5.36Area C 2.48** 1.55 3.97Area D 3.08** 1.43 6.60Area E 2.67** 1.57 4.54Area G 4.60** 2.62 8.09Area H 2.32** 1.37 3.92Area I 6.44** 3.50 11.86Area J 13.94** 7.42 26.20Area K 3.36** 1.96 5.78Area L 3.72** 1.89 7.31Table D5Proportion of young people who pleaded not guilty whose caseswere dismissed at courtAsian Black Mixed White TotalBoys (%) 57 56 57 56 56N 161 311 108 775 1,355Girls (%) 44 37 52 46 45N 9 43 29 160 241127