A report by the inspectorate of probation found that many of these boys face multiple disadvantages in their life, at school and with their mental health.
Inspectors found that 60 per cent of black and mixed heritage boys, who had received a court sentence, had previously been excluded from school and half had faced racial discrimination in their life.
Meanwhile, a third had been the victim of criminal exploitation and a quarter have a disability.
But despite these needs they are less likely than their white peers to be referred to early help services, inspectors found.
One boy told the inspectorate said: “It has an effect on me, how society views it as if your black and act in a certain type of way…you’re just thinking how come I get profiled because of the colour of my skin.”
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