Table 1.
Neighborhood type and ethnicity by charge at first arrest for Asian youth ages 11–20, Los Angeles Probation Department 2000–2009 (N = 925)
| Total | Violence (%) | Weapon (%) | Property (%) | Substance (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||
| Neighborhood Type* | |||||
| Ethnoburb | 449 | 14.0 | 24.3 | 47.9 | 13.8 |
| Ethnic Enclave | 62 | 8.0 | 22.6 | 62.9 | 6.5 |
| Other Coethnic | 152 | 16.5 | 23.0 | 53.3 | 7.2 |
| Non-Coethnic | 262 | 18.7 | 16.0 | 54.6 | 10.7 |
| Ethnicity*** | |||||
| Chinese | 338 | 13.0 | 29.0 | 43.8 | 14.2 |
| Korean | 94 | 29.8 | 16.0 | 46.8 | 7.5 |
| Japanese | 42 | 7.1 | 19.1 | 47.6 | 26.2 |
| Filipino | 345 | 15.4 | 17.7 | 58.8 | 8.1 |
| Southeast Asian | 106 | 13.2 | 17.0 | 59.4 | 10.4 |
Note:
p < .001
p < .05