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Autore: | Tracy Paul E |
Titolo: | Decision making and juvenile justice : an analysis of bias in case processing / / Paul E. Tracy |
Pubblicazione: | Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002 |
London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024 | |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina: | 364.36/068/4/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Juvenile justice, Administration of - Decision making |
Discrimination in juvenile justice administration | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- DECISION MAKING AND JUVENILE JUSTICE -- Contents -- Illustrations -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- ORIGIN OF DISPROPORTIONATE MINORITY CONFINEMENT: FEDERAL MANDATES -- EXTENT OF DISPROPORTIONATE MINORITY CONFINEMENT: THE FEDERAL VIEW -- MINORITIES AND CRIME -- Differential Involvement -- Differential Selection -- PRESENT RESEARCH -- 2 Prior Research -- POPE AND FEYERHERM ASSESSMENT OF THE LITERATURE -- Research Setting -- Sample Selection -- Measurement of Variables -- Mode of Statistical Analysis -- Other Assessments -- PRIOR RESEARCH -- Detention at Intake -- Prosecutor's Decision -- Disposition -- Limitations -- 3 Methods -- BACKGROUND TO PRESENT RESEARCH -- SAMPLE SELECTION -- MEASUREMENT OF VARIABLES -- Dependent Variables -- Independent Variables -- Measurement Problems -- Sample Selection Bias -- NOTE -- 4 Minority Overrepresentation: Aggregate Measures -- AGGREGATE DATA -- Arrest/Referral Ratios -- Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TJPC) Referral Data -- Disproportionate Representation Index (DRI) -- LIMITATIONS OF AGGREGATE DATA -- 5 Decision Making in County-1 -- DETENTION DECISIONS -- All Cases -- Males -- Females -- Conclusion -- FORWARD A CASE TO THE DISTRICT AT TORNEY -- All Cases -- Males -- Females -- Conclusion -- DA'S DECISION TO PROSECUTE A CASE -- All Cases -- Males -- Females -- Conclusion -- PLACEMENT BY THE COURT -- All Cases -- Males -- Females -- Conclusion -- SUPPLEMENTARY ANALYSIS: DETENTION RECORDS -- STATUS OFFENSES -- OFFENSES COMMITTED BY ASIAN-AMERICAN YOUTH -- COUNTY-1 SUMMARY -- NOTES -- 6 Decision Making in County-2 -- DETENTION DECISIONS -- All Cases -- Males -- Females -- Conclusion -- DECISION TO FORWARD A CASE TO THE DA -- All Cases -- Males -- Females -- Conclusion -- DA'S DECISION TO PROSECUTE A CASE -- All Cases -- Males -- Females -- Conclusion. |
PLACEMENT BY THE COURT -- STATUS OFFENSES -- OFFENSES COMMITTED BY ASIAN-AMERICAN YOUTH -- COUNTY-2 SUMMARY -- NOTE -- 7 Decision Making in County-3 -- DETENTION DECISIONS -- ALL CASES -- Males -- Females -- Conclusion -- DECISION TO REFER CASE TO COURT -- All Cases -- Males -- Females -- Conclusion -- PLACEMENT BY THE COURT -- All Cases -- Males -- Females -- Conclusion -- STATUS OFFENSES -- SUMMARY -- 8 Survey of Juvenile Justice Practitioners -- METHODS -- Sample Selection -- Sample Demographics -- SURVEY RESULTS -- Minorities in the Juvenile Justice System -- Views on the Juvenile Justice System in Texas -- Views on Delinquency -- Ratings of Factors by Respondents' Profile -- Case Scenario Evaluation -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- 9 Summary and Implications -- SUMMARY -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS -- Aggregate Measures of Delinquency -- Case-Level Data -- Survey of Practitioners -- IMPLICATIONS -- Race and Delinquency Involvement -- Juvenile Justice Policy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Decision making and juvenile justice |
ISBN: | 979-84-00-63854-1 |
1-280-42276-9 | |
9786610422760 | |
0-313-01096-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821595503321 |
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