RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Examining Racial Disparities in Juvenile Justice JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law SP 48 OP 52 DO 10.29158/JAAPL.003828-19 VO 47 IS 1 A1 Robles-Ramamurthy, Barbara A1 Watson, Clarence YR 2019 UL http://jaapl.org/content/47/1/48.abstract AB Decades of research have focused on understanding and addressing racial disparities that occur at every stage of processing in the juvenile justice system. Leaders in the field have raised concerns about the differential treatment and selection of youth based on race. Taking into consideration Sussman and colleagues' results regarding the use of manifest injustice in Washington State, we review briefly the legislative changes that have occurred nationally to address the problem of disproportionate minority contact. We also consider data and hypotheses that have increased our understanding of why and how these racial disparities occur.