Juvenile court outcomes following youth’s first arrest: a national test of the racial and ethnic threat hypothesis

Using nationally representative data, this research examined the associations between indicators of minority threat and juvenile justice processing following a first arrest. At intake, increasing Black presence in the community resulted in leniency, rather than severity. Once adjudicated, the size o...

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Authors: Andersen, Tia S. (Author) ; Ouellette, Heather M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2019, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-214
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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