Criminalization of People of Color as a Barrier to Diversifying the Health Workforce: Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC)

The consequences of over-policing and racial profiling disproportionately impacts youth of color’s involvement in the criminal justice system and has emerged in Chicago Area Health Education Center’s (AHEC’s) health workforce development activities as a key barrier to their educational and health career pathways.

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