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Unlike the adult criminal justice system, race and sex disparities do not exist in detention decisions in juvenile cases. True or False

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False. Race and sex disparities do exist in detention decisions in juvenile cases.

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False. Race and sex disparities do exist in detention decisions in juvenile cases, similar to the adult criminal justice system. Studies have shown that there are substantial disparities in rates of imprisonment by race and ethnicity in the United States, with Black men being almost six times as likely to be imprisoned as white men. These disparities are also observed among women, with significant differences in rates of imprisonment by race and ethnicity.

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