RT Article
T1 Sifting Through the Ashes: Processing Arsonists in Juvenile Justice
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 37
IS 3
SP 306
OP 320
A1 Caudill, Jonathan W.
A2 Diamond, Brie
A2 Trulson, Chad R.
A2 DeLisi, Matt
A2 Marquart, James W.
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764199855
AB National estimates have suggested that less than one-in-five arsons are cleared by arrest. Interestingly, juveniles account for nearly 50% of arson arrests, a proportion greater than all other non-status offenses. While the criminological literature on juvenile arson has been fairly consistent, a dearth of applied criminological literature has observed how the juvenile justice system responds to arsonists. Drawing on data on more than 5,000 juveniles from a large southern state, this study was able to differentiate between the system responses for arsonists and other felons. The findings suggested that the juvenile justice system distinguished between arsonists and other felons in some respects, but these distinctions failed to align with the suggested approaches of the criminological literature.
K1 Applied criminology
K1 Juvenile justice system response
K1 Arson
K1 Juvenile
DO 10.1007/s12103-011-9142-2