Understanding the Subgroup Complexities of Transfer: The Impact of Juvenile Race and Gender on Waiver Decisions

IF 1.5 1区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI:10.1177/1541204019869398

Sara L. Bryson, Jennifer H. Peck

引用次数: 7

Abstract

While prior research has consistently found the presence of extralegal disparities in juvenile justice decision-making, less research has investigated the combined effects of a juvenile’s race and gender on the decision to transfer youth to adult court. The current study examines both the individual and joint influence of race and gender on transfer decisions of all judicial waiver-eligible youth in a Northeast state from 2004 to 2014. Results indicate that Black males had the highest likelihood of being judicially waived, followed by White males, then Black females. White females had the greatest chance of being retained in juvenile court. The findings have important implications for juvenile court processing by informing researchers, practitioners, and policyholders about potential reform efforts that target judicial waiver.

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理解转移的亚群体复杂性：青少年种族和性别对弃权决定的影响

虽然先前的研究一直发现，在青少年司法决策中存在法外差异，但很少有研究调查青少年的种族和性别对将青少年移交成人法庭的决定的综合影响。目前的研究考察了2004年至2014年，种族和性别对东北部一个州所有符合司法豁免条件的青年的移交决定的个人和共同影响。结果表明，黑人男性被司法豁免的可能性最高，其次是白人男性，然后是黑人女性。白人女性被保留在少年法庭的机会最大。研究结果通过向研究人员、从业者和投保人通报针对司法豁免的潜在改革努力，对少年法庭的处理具有重要意义。

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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.