Exploring Educational Stability and Justice Involvement among Youth of Color in California

This brief analyzes the relationship between educational stability (measured by school enrollment and dropout rate) and justice involvement among youth of color. Using data from 2001 to 2016, the brief focuses on 10 California counties with the strongest relationships between educational stability and justice involvement. The brief also discusses possible uses of the data, which may include guiding funding sources’ investment in education and juvenile justice systems and other supports as protective factors from youth justice involvement.