Latino and Hispanic Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

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• From 1994 to 2011 the rate of burglaries decreased by at least 50 percent across all American households. Latinos saw the greatest decline (67 percent.) from 76 to 24.9 victimizations per 1,000 households. • Homicide falls within the top ten causes of death for Latinos aged one to fifty-four. For Latinos aged fifteen to thirty-four, homicide by a firearm was the second highest cause of death after motor vehicle accidents. • Of all reported hate crimes, 7 percent target victims due to an anti-Latino bias. • Of hate crimes, 85 percent are ethnically and racially motivated. • A smaller percentage of Latinos (5 percent) and African Americans (5 percent) are victims of identity theft than Whites (7 percent). Across all ethnic groups, those with higher incomes ($75,000+) are more likely to be the victims of these crimes. What do Latinos Have to Say About How They Are Affected by Crime? • More than one in three Latinos report that there are areas within a mile of their home in which they are scared to walk home at night. • A quarter of Latinos indicated that they or an immediate family member had been questioned by the police in the previous five years. • Latino victims are less likely than Whites or African Americans to report property crime incidents such as burglary and motor vehicle theft and personal crimes such as rape and aggravated assault to the police. • Though Latinos are less likely to report crimes to law enforcement authorities, over three-quarters of Latinos say that if they were a victim of a violent crime, they would definitely report it to the police. • Native-born Latinos report being victimized by a crime in the last five years at rates twice as high as immigrant Latinos. How Confident Are Latinos in Law Enforcement and the Broader Criminal Justice System and How Do They Interact with Law Enforcement? • Six in ten native-born Latinos compared to four in ten immigrant Latinos have a fair amount of confidence that the U.S. court system will treat them fairly. • Six in ten of all Latinos feel confident that local police in their communities will do a good job upholding the law, particularly in dealing with gangs and gang violence. • 45 percent of Latinos believe that they are treated fairly by law enforcement compared to 74 percent of Whites and 37 percent of African Americans. Page 20 of 112
• Though many Latinos are confident in their local police departments, 47 percent have very little confidence that the police will avoid using excessive force on suspects. • A quarter of Latinos indicated that the police had questioned them or an immediate family member in the previous five years. • According to the U.S. Department of Justice, overall traffic stops were a more common form of police contact with Latinos than street stops. Among African American drivers, 13 percent were stopped compared to 10 percent of Latinos and 10 percent of Whites. • In the first three quarters of 2013, New Yorkers were stopped and frisked 179,063 times—29 percent of those stopped were Latino and 56 percent were African American. Nearly 90 percent of those stopped were innocent. • Eight in ten Latinos believe that their local police should not be involved in identifying undocumented immigrants. How Many Latinos Work in Law Enforcement? • Police and sheriff patrol officers are 73 percent White, nearly three times the share of Latino (13.8 percent) and African American (12.8 percent) officers combined. Page 21 of 112
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