Minority threat and juvenile court outcomes

Framed within the racial/ethnic threat thesis, the present research examined the relative effects of the size of minority populations and the ratios of White-to-minority unemployment on intake, adjudication, and judicial disposition decision making within juvenile court proceedings. Communities with...

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1. VerfasserIn: Leiber, Michael J. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Peck, Jennifer H. ; Rodriguez, Nancy 1970-
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2016
In: Crime & delinquency
Jahr: 2016, Band: 62, Heft: 1, Seiten: 54-80
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Minority threat
Race and ethnicity
Juvenile court outcomes
Ethnische Ungleichheiten
Jugendgerichtsbarkeit
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Zusammenfassung:Framed within the racial/ethnic threat thesis, the present research examined the relative effects of the size of minority populations and the ratios of White-to-minority unemployment on intake, adjudication, and judicial disposition decision making within juvenile court proceedings. Communities with greater Black and Hispanic presence and greater economic equality were expected to increase the social control for youth up to a point, where social control would then diminish. These relationships were anticipated to be stronger for Blacks than Hispanics. The overall pattern of results failed to yield support specifically for these hypothesized effects and in general, for the minority threat perspective. Implications for theory and future research are discussed.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128713495776