Analyzing the Release of Juvenile Lifers: Is There a Miller Effect?

IF 1.5 1区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice Pub Date : 2023-12-15 DOI:10.1177/15412040231222425

Stuti S. Kokkalera, Wesley T. Smith, Beatriz Amalfi Wronski

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Abstract

In the 2012 decision in Miller v. Alabama, the U.S. Supreme Court directed states to provide a “meaningful opportunity to obtain release” to juvenile lifers—one that acknowledges their lesser culpability and rehabilitative potential. In the state examined, the parole board revised its decision-making guidelines in 2014 by incorporating the Miller ruling. Logistic regression and survival analyses were employed to examine parole outcomes. Hearings that took place in the post- Miller period and the candidate’s rehabilitative status were associated with a higher likelihood of release. A candidate’s rehabilitative efforts were also associated with the amount of time taken to decide grant or denial of release, as were factors related to the candidate’s sentencing offense such as time served and opposition at the parole hearing. Overall, the guidelines representing the Miller ruling seem to have influenced the outcome as well as the speed at which decisions are reached by the parole board.

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分析青少年无期徒刑犯的释放：是否存在米勒效应？

在2012年 "米勒诉阿拉巴马州 "一案的裁决中，美国最高法院指示各州为少年无期徒刑犯提供 "有意义的获释机会"--承认他们较轻的罪责和改过自新的潜力。在所研究的这个州，假释委员会在 2014 年修订了其决策指南，将米勒案的裁决纳入其中。我们采用了逻辑回归和生存分析来研究假释结果。在米勒案判决后期间举行的听证会以及候选人的改过自新状况与较高的获释可能性相关。候选人的改造努力也与决定批准或拒绝假释所需的时间有关，与候选人的判刑罪行有关的因素，如服刑时间和假释听证会上的反对意见，也与此有关。总体而言，代表米勒裁决的准则似乎影响了假释委员会做出决定的结果和速度。

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Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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6.90

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10.50%

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期刊介绍： Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice: An Interdisciplinary Journal provides academics and practitioners in juvenile justice and related fields with a resource for publishing current empirical research on programs, policies, and practices in the areas of youth violence and juvenile justice. Emphasis is placed on such topics as serious and violent juvenile offenders, juvenile offender recidivism, institutional violence, and other relevant topics to youth violence and juvenile justice such as risk assessment, psychopathy, self-control, and gang membership, among others. Decided emphasis is placed on empirical research with specific implications relevant to juvenile justice process, policy, and administration. Interdisciplinary in scope, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice serves a diverse audience of academics and practitioners in the fields of criminal justice, education, psychology, social work, behavior analysis, sociology, law, counseling, public health, and all others with an interest in youth violence and juvenile justice.