PREDICTORS OF JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS IN A FIRST-TIME OFFENDER POPULATION

被引:0
作者
Kalmbach, Karen C. [1 ]
Lyons, Phillip M. [2 ]
机构
[1] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Psychol, San Antonio, TX 78224 USA
[2] Sam Houston State Univ, Coll Criminal Justice, Huntsville, TX 77340 USA
来源
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 2012年 / 8卷 / 01期
关键词
juvenile justice; graduated sanctions; predictors of dispositional outcomes; racial/ethnic minorities;
D O I
暂无
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Scholars and policy makers have long been troubled by the potential for some youth to receive disparate sanctioning as a function of extralegal factors, especially against the backdrop of ethnic/racial minority group overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system as a whole. Beginning in the late 1990s, many states began to adopt a graduated sanctions model in response to the emerging 'get tough' zeitgeist of the day. Originally intended by the federal government to reinforce juvenile accountability and to ensure equitable treatment of all youth in custody, some stakeholders began to note concerns about uneven outcomes in the use of graduated sanctioning schemes. Specifically, data across multiple jurisdictions suggested that racial and ethnic minority youth were receiving more restrictive than expected sanctions. The current study in one large urban jurisdiction explored this issue in a group of 2,786 racially and ethnically diverse first-time juvenile male offenders (ages 10-17). Results indicated that race/ethnicity was not a predictor of receiving a more restrictive than expected sanction; however, variables related to offending (offense severity, history of violence), age (older), and parental supervision (inadequate) were significant predictors of such departures.
引用
收藏
页码:15 / 35
页数:21
相关论文
共 38 条
[1]  
Aldrich J.H., 1984, QUANTITATIVE APPL SO
[2]  
Annie E., 2008, 2008 KIDS COUNT DATA
[3]  
Bishop D., 2000, CHANGING BORDERS JUV, P207
[4]  
BISHOP DM, 2005, OUR CHILDREN THEIR C
[5]   Race effects in juvenile justice decision-making: Findings of a statewide analysis [J].
Bishop, DM ;
Frazier, CE .
JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY, 1996, 86 (02) :392-414
[6]  
Bridges G. S., 1995, MINORITIES JUVENILE, P128
[7]  
DiIulio J., 1996, STOP COMING CRIME WA
[8]  
Feyerherm W., 1995, MINORITIES JUVENILE, V2nd
[9]   A Multilevel Analysis of Race on the Decision to Petition a Case in the Juvenile Court [J].
Freiburger, Tina L. ;
Jordan, Kareem L. .
RACE AND JUSTICE, 2011, 1 (02) :185-201
[10]   The changing face of juvenile justice [J].
Grisso, T .
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, 2000, 51 (04) :425-+