RT Article
T1 It’s F**ing Chaos: COVID-19’s Impact on Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 45
IS 4
SP 578
OP 600
A1 Buchanan, Molly
A2 Castro, Erin D.
A2 Kushner, Mackenzie
A2 Krohn, Marvin D.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764202562
AB An early examination of the impact of COVID-19 on juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice in America, this review provides initial scholarship to rapidly evolving areas of research. Our appraisals of these topics are made after nearly 2 months of national COVID-19 mitigation measures, like social distancing and limited “non-essential” movement outside the home but also as states are gradually lifting stricter directives and reopening economic sectors. We consider the impact of these pandemic-related changes on twenty-first century youths, their behaviors, and their separate justice system. To forecast the immediate future, we draw from decades of research on juvenile delinquency and the justice system, as well as from reported patterns of reactions and responses to an unprecedented and ongoing situation. As post-pandemic studies on juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice proliferate, we urge careful consideration as to how they might influence societal and the system responses to youths’ delinquency. Additional practical implications are discussed.
K1 Juvenile justice reform
K1 Delinquency
K1 juvenile justice
K1 Covid-19
DO 10.1007/s12103-020-09549-x