Citation

Johnson RM. Spectrum J. Black Men 2015; 4(1): 49-72.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Indiana University Press)

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Abstract

Black youth make up just 16% of public school students in the United States, though they constitute 31% of all juvenile arrests, with Black males outnumbering females. Very little is known from research about the long-term consequences of such contact on their odds of college enrollment. Thus, the purpose of this study was to measure the relationship between Black males' early contact with the criminal justice system through arrest and their probability of enrolling in a four-year college using a nationally representative sample of approximately 1,100 Black males who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (1997). Survey data were analyzed using descriptive, chi-square, and hierarchical binomial logistic regression techniques.

RESULTS expose pervasive limits on Black males' college enrollment, reveal the statistically significant influence of early arrest on college entry, and have far-reaching implications for research, policy, and outreach.

Language: en