How to halt the pre-K to prison trend for African-American youth
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 05:21
in Health & Medicine
A disturbing thirty year trend has resulted in a disproportionate number of incarcerated African-American male youths in U.S. prisons. A new study from the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry shows that the conditions that contribute to this high representation (sixty percent of all incarcerated youth) begin early in life, and is often exacerbated by their experiences in school...