Overview
There is disproportionate minority youth represented in the juvenile justice system in the United States. Nearly 20,000 youth resides within 942 juvenile detention facilities (Wagner & Rabuy, 2016) and minority youth represent 63% of all youth incarcerated (Baron, 2012). In 2014 California minority youth represented 61.5.% of incarcerated population and continues to increase 1.8% each year. The contributors representing minorities in the data are Latino 38.6% , African American 5.7% and Asian 13.8% (Maciag, 2015). There is not much data founded for San Joaquin County regarding incarceration by ethnicity. However, a high percentage of African Americans and Latino male youth are incarcerated. Much research has been conducted to gather the perception of African American versus Whites perception of law enforcement. According to Frank Newport, 59% of Whites have confidence in the police and 37% of African Americans, African American also give lower honesty and ethics ratings compared to Whites. The article also …show more content…
According to Grounded Theory, the principle behind grounded theory is “neither inductive nor deductive, but combined to be abductive reasoning”.
Moreover the grounded theory approach used in this particular study will be deductive to understand African Americans and Latino male youth perception of law enforcement. This approach is qualitative approach that allows youth the ability to explain the phenomenon of male minority youth perception of law enforcement.
The design focuses on four principles; how theory connects with reality, is it clear and understandable, is it abstract enough to move beyond the specific in the original research study and, can the theory be applied to produce real world
There is disproportionate minority youth represented in the juvenile justice system in the United States. Nearly 20,000 youth resides within 942 juvenile detention facilities (Wagner & Rabuy, 2016) and minority youth represent 63% of all youth incarcerated (Baron, 2012). In 2014 California minority youth represented 61.5.% of incarcerated population and continues to increase 1.8% each year. The contributors representing minorities in the data are Latino 38.6% , African American 5.7% and Asian 13.8% (Maciag, 2015). There is not much data founded for San Joaquin County regarding incarceration by ethnicity. However, a high percentage of African Americans and Latino male youth are incarcerated. Much research has been conducted to gather the perception of African American versus Whites perception of law enforcement. According to Frank Newport, 59% of Whites have confidence in the police and 37% of African Americans, African American also give lower honesty and ethics ratings compared to Whites. The article also …show more content…
According to Grounded Theory, the principle behind grounded theory is “neither inductive nor deductive, but combined to be abductive reasoning”.
Moreover the grounded theory approach used in this particular study will be deductive to understand African Americans and Latino male youth perception of law enforcement. This approach is qualitative approach that allows youth the ability to explain the phenomenon of male minority youth perception of law enforcement.
The design focuses on four principles; how theory connects with reality, is it clear and understandable, is it abstract enough to move beyond the specific in the original research study and, can the theory be applied to produce real world