Center for Criminal Justice Policy Research
Policy Statements
DMC Intervention Plan
The commitment for the reduction of disproportionate minority contact (DMC) in the Jacksonville community has been a grassroots effort for over five years. Originally, the community focus was to reduce the number of young African-American males incarcerated in the city of Jacksonville. However, over time and after considerable local research, findings indicate that exposure to and the witnessing of domestic violence by children is an overwhelming indicator of future violent behaviors and contact with law enforcement.
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Children, Not "Offenders"
In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown vs Board of Education famously rejected the legality of "separate but equal" schools, ruling that "separate" is by definition unequal. Statewide in Florida, minority children today dominate the public schools by a slight percentage, while white children are more likely to attend private schools. In Duval County, white children are more likely than black children to attend private schools. Are there School Resource Officers in private schools? No, just in public schools. And so, "failure to follow directions" gets your child on a police list in the public schools, but not in the private schools. Today, 50 years after Brown, many see school segregation as a renewed reality in American education.
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