4:2 (2006)
This volume of AAPI Nexus contains five articles that help fill the gap in the literature. The Resource Paper “Profiling Incarcerated Asian and Pacific Islander Youth” by Arifuku, Peacock, and Glesmann offers rare data that disaggregate the numbers and characteristics by ethnic group. The paper is a result of mining individual-level administrative records, producing valuable information about one of the least known populations—incarcerated AAPI youth. They use files from the California Youth Authority (CYA) to develop detailed profiles of AAPI and non-AAPI wards with regard to demographic characteristics, offenses committed, duration of incarceration, parole, and discharge. The data shows that some AAPI ethnicities were overrepresented in the CYA population with high levels of gang involvement. Among the noted facts is that AAPI wards had the highest percentage with honorable discharges and the lowest percentage with a dishonorable discharge.
Guest Editor: Karen Umemoto
Authors:
James Diego Vigil, Tomson H. Nguyen, Jesse Cheng, Thao N. Le, Judy L. Wallen, Ahn-Luu T. Huynh-Hohnbaum, David Tokiharu Mayeda, Lisa Pasko, Meda Chesney-Lind, Isami Arifuku, Delores D. Peacock, Caroline Glesmann, Deborah Woo.
Read the Press Release on the issue: Special Focus on Youth Facing Risks
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2006. Youth. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community: 2006, Vol. 4, No. 2. https://doi.org/10.36650/nexus4.2