The National Child Traumatic Stress Network released a brief entitled: Complex Trauma: In Urban African-American Children, Youth, and Families

The brief can be found here:  http://www.nctsn.org/sites/def...merican_children.pdf

Excerpts from brief: 

"African-American children and youth, who are among the most likely members of our society to be exposed to trauma, are also among the least likely to receive the services that could prevent the development of trauma-related emotional and behavioral difficulties." 

"All too often, rather than understanding children's behaviors as developmental adaptations to their traumatic experiences, systems pathologize or criminalize their behavior."