Juvenile justice-involved Haitian families' experiences of structural racism and socioethnic discrimination.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This article examines how Haitian families with youth interfacing with the juvenile justice system cope with structural racism and socioethnic discrimination (RSD).

Background

Haitian families' experiences of discrimination based on their histories, immigrant status, and positionality illustrates the need for more scientific scrutiny of the experiences of RSD among Black immigrant groups. This National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded study details the narratives of and responses to RSD experienced by Haitian families interfacing with the juvenile justice system.

Method

Data are drawn from psychosocial assessment tools, therapeutic sessions, and ethnographic interviews conducted with Haitian families participating in a family-based therapeutic intervent

SUBMITTER: Cela T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9937033 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature