RT Article
T1 What Predicts the Use of Blended Sentences Among Eligible Juveniles? A State-Wide Examination
JF Criminal justice policy review
VO 33
IS 1
SP 99
OP 115
A1 Craig, Jessica M.
A2 Zettler, Haley R.
A2 Trulson, Chad
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1783529482
AB In response to critiques of traditional juvenile justice processing and waiver to adult court, several states have adopted blended sentencing. These sentences fall in between these two approaches as they offer the benefits of the more rehabilitative-oriented juvenile system, with the option to deploy more punitive adult criminal sanctions. While previous research has indicated violent offenders were more likely to receive a blended sentence, it has not distinguished between those who were eligible for a blended sentence but did not receive this sanction. The current study seeks to address this gap and examine legal and extralegal predictors of receiving a blended sentence among those eligible. The analyses indicated that while those adjudicated for homicide and aggravated robbery were most likely to be given a blended sentence, other predictors such as prior probation failure and previous violence toward the family were associated with a decreased likelihood of receiving this sentence.
K1 Juveniles
K1 Sentencing
K1 juvenile justice
DO 10.1177/08874034211028273