Disproportionate minority contact refers to

A) adolescents of ethnic and racial minorities being more likely to report crime than whites.
B) minorities more frequently contacting local police services than whites.
C) assault being more frequently against ethnic and racial minorities than whites.
D) adolescents of ethnic and racial minorities being more likely to have criminal records than
whites.


D

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