Recommended Data Collection for Historically Disadvantaged Groups
Demographic data (parents and children):
a. Race
b. Age (DOB)
c. Gender
II. Demographic data for all groups:
a. All Child Welfare referrals
b. Founded referrals
c. Court involved cases
d. Screened for program
i. Accepted
ii. Rejected
e. Enter program
f. Refuse entry into program
g. Discharge successfully
h. Discharge unsuccessfully
i. Commit new crime within 1 and 3 years of discharge (successful and
unsuccessful)
III. In program data metrics
a. Screening and assessment scores
b. Education level
c. Employment status
d. Sanctions and incentives (date, type, length)
e. Jail sanctions
f. Treatment referrals
g. Time from referral to first appointment
h. Ancillary services provided
i. Dispositions for successful and unsuccessful completion of Family Drug
court
j. Aftercare services provided
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I.
Additional Resources
 Kirwan Institute at Ohio State University: the study of Race and Ethnicity
http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/research/understanding-implicit-bias/
 Harvard Project Implicit
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html
Colorado Judicial Branch
 Jerry Kang, J. M., et al, (2012). Implicit Bias in the Courtroom. UCLA Law Review,
1126-1186.
http://faculty.washington.edu/agg/pdf/Kang&al.ImplicitBias.UCLALawRev.2012.pdf
 National Center for State Courts: Helping courts address implicit bias: Resources for
education http://www.ncsc.org/ibeducation
 Papillion, K. (2012, March 23). Neuroscience and the killing of Trayvon Martin.
Salon.com.
http://open.salon.com/blog/kimberly_papillon/2012/03/23/neuroscience_and_the
_killing_of_trayvon_martin
 The Biased Eye, January 15, 2015. National Public Radio.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2015/01/09/376039529/the-biased-eye
 Vedantam, Shankar. (2010). The Hidden Brain. New York, New York. Random
House LLC
 Gladwell, Malcom. (2005). Blink. New York, New York. Little, Brown Company Time
Warner Book Group
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