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“Black male [offender]s were… less likely to have been diagnosed with ADHD, than White males, despite controlling for… behavioral indicators, and prior offending… Black males were approximately 60% as likely to receive psychiatric treatment."

Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Psychiatric Diagnoses and Treatment in a Sample of Serious Juvenile Offenders

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Baglivio, Michael T. / Wolff, Kevin T. / Piquero, Alex R. / Greenwald, Mark A. / Epps, Nathan

Vol. 46 Issue 7, pp. 1424–1451, 2017

10.1007/s10964-016-0573-4

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