abstract: 'Prior research has highlighted persistent racial/ethnic disparities in

  employment and workforce engagement. That said, this research has yet to

  be extended to justice-involved youth. This is problematic, given that

  this is a population that may already face barriers to employment and

  certain racial/ethnic minority groups may then face additional barriers.

  This study sought to address this gap in the literature by examining

  whether or not racial/ethnic disparities in employment exist among

  justice-involved youth and whether these disparities vary across time

  since adjudication. The first seven waves of the Pathways to Desistance

  study were analyzed. Mixed effects modeling was used to examine whether

  or not racial/ethnic disparities in odds of past-year employment existed

  among justice-involved youth and whether these disparities were stable

  or variant across time. Results indicated that Black justice-involved

  youth reported lower odds of past-year employment compared to White and

  Latinx justice-involved youth. These disparities were also found to be

  stable across time. These results indicate that Black justice-involved

  youth should be a priority population for targeting with programming to

  improve employment prospects. Mentoring and skills development programs

  may be helpful in this regard.'
affiliation: 'Wojciechowski, T (Corresponding Author), Michigan State Univ, Sch Criminal
  Justice, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA.

  Wojciechowski, Thomas, Michigan State Univ, Sch Criminal Justice, E Lansing, MI
  USA.

  Wojciechowski, Thomas, Michigan State Univ, Sch Criminal Justice, E Lansing, MI
  48824 USA.'
author: Wojciechowski, Thomas
author-email: wojcie42@msu.edu
author_list:
- family: Wojciechowski
  given: Thomas
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/1478601X.2023.2202393
earlyaccessdate: APR 2023
eissn: 1478-6028
files: []
issn: 1478-601X
journal: CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES
keywords: Employment; Justice-Involved Youth; Racial Disparities
keywords-plus: 'BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; LABOR-MARKET; RACE; DISCRIMINATION; OUTCOMES;

  GENDER; JUVENILE; INEQUALITY; ETHNICITY; WORK'
language: English
month: APR 3
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '59'
pages: 146-164
papis_id: d5889266df0864044be0ba758440beb3
ref: Wojciechowski2023racialdisparities
times-cited: '0'
title: Racial disparities in employment following adjudication for a serious offense
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000970761200001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '0'
volume: '36'
web-of-science-categories: Criminology \& Penology; Operations Research \& Management
  Science
year: '2023'