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JCPC schedules state "red data" briefing; members press for juvenile‑level breakdown
Summary
Buncombe County's Juvenile Crime Prevention Council set a Sept. 12 presentation from the state on racial and ethnic disparities data and pushed officials to provide counts of individual juveniles, not only complaint totals, to make local trends clearer.
Buncombe County’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Council scheduled an in‑person briefing with the state’s racial and ethnic disparities (so‑called “red data”) trainer for Friday, Sept. 12, and members pressed state staff to provide juvenile‑level counts and not only charge/complaint totals.
Council members said the distinction matters because a small number of youths with many charges can make complaint counts look larger than the number of affected young people. Lorraine Williams, DJJ community programs area consultant, told the council the federal reporting her office distributes is pulled by complaint because…
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