In this episode, our host takes a deeper look at the implications of adultification bias. Black girls are the fastest growing population in the juvenile system. That is due in part to adultification. Black girls are seen as less innocent and more culpable. Black girls are punished more frequently and more harshly than their white peers.
Article mentioned:
https://www.sentencingproject.org/app/uploads/2022/08/Black-Disparities-in-Youth-Incarceration.pdf
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/insight-handcuffs-over-homework-the-criminalization-of-black-girls
https://news.osu.edu/a-parental-paradox-for-black-girls-in-the-justice-system/
https://iamforkids.org/report-floridas-education-and-juvenile-justice-systems-are-failing-black-girls/
