The Liberation Hypothesis Perspective and Juvenile Court Outcomes: implications for an Understanding of the Interplay Between Offender and Offense Characteristics

Extensive empirical support demonstrates the importance of legal (e.g., crime severity, prior record) and extralegal factors (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender) in predicting juvenile court outcomes. An understudied area is inquiry into how certain extralegal factors interact with legal determinants to i...

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Authors: Beaudry-Cyr, Maude (Author) ; Leiber, Michael J. (Author) ; Brubaker, Sarah Jane (Author) ; Jaynes, Chae M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2020]
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2020, Volume: 66, Issue: 6/7, Pages: 806-836
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Keywords:
Juvenile sentencing
Race/ethnicity
Gender
Liberation hypothesis
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Summary:Extensive empirical support demonstrates the importance of legal (e.g., crime severity, prior record) and extralegal factors (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender) in predicting juvenile court outcomes. An understudied area is inquiry into how certain extralegal factors interact with legal determinants to impact the social control of juveniles. This study uses a sample of delinquent referrals from a Northeast state over 10 years to examine the impact of race/ethnicity, gender, crime severity, and prior record, individually and in combination, on juvenile court outcomes. Although the liberation hypothesis predicts that extralegal factors have a diminishing effect on case outcomes as the severity of the case increases, overall, we fail to find support for this expectation.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128719894916