1. Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) School Curriculum Contact Person: Melissa Shetrom (717) 265-8477 mshetrom@state.pa.uswww.pccd.state.pa.us

2. DMC: What is it? Federal Mandate (JJDPA) When minority youth are disproportionately represented in the juvenile justice system (population and white population/contact)

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. Layout of Curriculum Facilitators Teachers Dates: Times:

7. 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

8. 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?