“…Widespread racial and ethnic disparities exist when it comes to contact and involvement with the criminal justice system. Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to be arrested (Brownfield, Sorenson, & Thompson, 2001;Kirk, 2008;Tapia, 2010) and receive harsher sentences (Freiburger & Hilinski, 2013;Koons-Witt, Sevigny, Burrow, & Hester, 2012) than their non-Latino White peers. Despite the fact that the bulk of research has focused on the different experiences of Blacks and Whites in the criminal justice system, evidence suggests that Latinos are more likely to be detained, arrested, and incarcerated than their non-Latino White peers (Brame, Bushway, Paternoster, & Turner, 2014;Kutateladze, Andiloro, Johnson, & Spohn, 2014).…”