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Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) School Curriculum Contact Person: Melissa Shetrom (717) 265-8477 mshetrom@state.pa.uswww.pccd.state.pa.us
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DMC: What is it? Federal Mandate (JJDPA) When minority youth are disproportionately represented in the juvenile justice system (population and white population/contact)
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DMC in Pennsylvania Leader among states Law Enforcement/Minority Youth Forums Law Enforcement Curriculum “Middle School” Curriculum Latino Needs Assessment Statewide Assessment One chairman: Daniel P. Elby
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DMC Stats for Dauphin County and Pennsylvania County 24.9% African American – RRI at arrest in 2008 was 2.73* 8.1% Hispanic/Latino 2.7% Asian 63.8% Caucasian State 14.1% African American – RRI at arrest in 2008 was 3.70* 6.6% Hispanic/Latino 2.4% Asian 76.5% Caucasian *Indicates that the relative volume of arrests involving all minority youth in Dauphin County was 2.73 and 3.7 (statewide) times as high as for white youth.
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Middle School DMC Curriculum Developed as an outcome to the forums Designed to reduce arrests of juveniles Focus on 7 th and 8 th graders Piloted in Downey in 2009 Comprised of 10 lessons designed to educate youth about their rights, responsibilities, and the juvenile justice system
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Layout of Curriculum Facilitators Teachers Dates: Times:
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Mock Lesson Prep Ms. Hall and Mr. Stern will demonstrate lesson #2 Lessons 3-9 will be group presentations 10 minutes to prep 2-3 minute presentation to group
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Next Steps How/when will you communicate with the facilitator/teacher until lesson #1? What’s the most important thing you’ll take back from this training? How do you see the importance of your role in the implementation of the DMC Curriculum?
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