This article examined the effect that limiting police discretion regarding juvenile court referrals had on the referral of first-time juvenile arrestees to a county family court. Data were drawn from Lakeside, a midsized Midwestern police department, and are composed of juvenile arrest and county court records. Data were compiled on all juveniles arrested for the first time in 1993 (prepolicy change) and 1995 (postpolicy change). Overall, juveniles were more likely to be referred to the county family court following the policy change. Younger offenders and offenders with less serious offenses were, consonant with our hypotheses, significantly more likely to be processed through the court after the policy change. Contrary to our expectations...
This bulletin examines the effect of race on police decisions to take juvenile offenders into custod...
Rising juvenile crime rates over three decades spurred legal mobilizations within many state legisla...
This paper examines the influence of discriminatory factors and legal criteria on intake officers ’ ...
This article examined the effect that limiting police discretion regarding juvenile court referrals ...
This research aimed to investigate explanations of gender differences in referrals to juvenile court...
During the 1990s and 2000s, nearly every state revised its laws or adopted new legislation facilitat...
The purpose of this self-report study was to determine if there were differences in referrals (sourc...
Previous scholarship on juvenile case dispositions has suggested a complex relationship between lega...
Determining what works in the prevention of juvenile offending and the reduction of juvenile recidiv...
In 1994, Florida made three changes to its law that expanded its ability to transfer or waive juveni...
Prior research has investigated the treatment of transferred juveniles in adultcourt compared to sim...
This study examines detention practices of sixty-six county juvenile courts in one state during a th...
The current study advances past research by studying the impact of juvenile justice decision making ...
DRAWING ON SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS OF JUDICIAL WAIVER ADMINISTRATION IN MI...
Network researchers examine whether the prosecution of adolescents as adults reduces crime and recit...
This bulletin examines the effect of race on police decisions to take juvenile offenders into custod...
Rising juvenile crime rates over three decades spurred legal mobilizations within many state legisla...
This paper examines the influence of discriminatory factors and legal criteria on intake officers ’ ...
This article examined the effect that limiting police discretion regarding juvenile court referrals ...
This research aimed to investigate explanations of gender differences in referrals to juvenile court...
During the 1990s and 2000s, nearly every state revised its laws or adopted new legislation facilitat...
The purpose of this self-report study was to determine if there were differences in referrals (sourc...
Previous scholarship on juvenile case dispositions has suggested a complex relationship between lega...
Determining what works in the prevention of juvenile offending and the reduction of juvenile recidiv...
In 1994, Florida made three changes to its law that expanded its ability to transfer or waive juveni...
Prior research has investigated the treatment of transferred juveniles in adultcourt compared to sim...
This study examines detention practices of sixty-six county juvenile courts in one state during a th...
The current study advances past research by studying the impact of juvenile justice decision making ...
DRAWING ON SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS OF JUDICIAL WAIVER ADMINISTRATION IN MI...
Network researchers examine whether the prosecution of adolescents as adults reduces crime and recit...
This bulletin examines the effect of race on police decisions to take juvenile offenders into custod...
Rising juvenile crime rates over three decades spurred legal mobilizations within many state legisla...
This paper examines the influence of discriminatory factors and legal criteria on intake officers ’ ...