NCJ Number
81582
Journal
Sociological Quarterly Volume: 18 Issue: 2 Dated: (Spring 1977) Pages: 237-252
Date Published
1977
Length
16 pages
Annotation
The purpose of this study, which is based on data obtained from a sample of 1,522 official court records, is to provide an assessment of the impact of a variety of social background, demographic, and offense-related variables on the severity of sanctions imposed by juvenile court judges in one southeastern metropolitan jurisdiction. The findings show that the extra-legal variables which were considered have an effect on case disposition even when offense seriousness and prior records of delinquency are held constant.
Abstract
Of the growing number of criticisms directed at facets of the juvenile justice system, none is more common than the contention that the informality of the juvenile court encourages discrimination. (Author abstract)
Date Published: January 1, 1977
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