Race and Ethnicity in the Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems

Contemporary issues of offending behavior and judicial responses
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-28647-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Over the last few decades, the racial and ethnic composition of the United States has changed dramatically. This seismic transformation has important implications for theory, research, policy, and public opinion – perhaps most crucially around the topic of race/ethnicity and our justice systems. Recent national events – from Ferguson, to ferocious public debate about racism, to media depictions of police violence – have reawakened the tense question of race relations in the 21st century. This edited collection of research aims to highlight contemporary issues surrounding the overrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities throughout both the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. Our contributors cover both formal sources of social control (e.g. police, courts, correction facilities) and perceptions and public opinions of the relationship between race/ethnicity and offending behaviors. As the intellectual sphere ignites with fresh debate, old questions redefined and new ones asked, this publication provides innovative insight into how race and ethnicity interconnect with all aspects of criminology and criminal justice. Furthermore it helps encourage directions for future research, practice, and public policy. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Crime and Justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peck, Jennifer H

Peck, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Contemporary issues of race/ethnicity, offending behavior, and justice responses 1. The role of juvenile adjudications in the disproportional incarceration of African-American and Hispanic defendants 2. Assessing the impact of deportable status on sentencing outcomes in a sample of state prisoners 3. Minority threat and criminal sentencing: examining juveniles in the adult criminal justice system 4. Court communities in local context: a multilevel analysis of felony sentencing in South Carolina 5. A jury of whose peers? The impact of selection procedures on racial composition and the prevalence of majority-white juries 6. Race, prior offending, and juvenile court outcomes 7. Weapon and drug offenses and juvenile disproportionate minority contact: an impact assessment and practical discussion 8. Does who appears before the juvenile court matter on adjudication and disposition outcomes? The interaction between client race and lawyer type 9. Racial disparities in referrals to mental health and substance abuse services from the juvenile justice system: a review of the literature 10. The effect of drug arrest on subsequent drug offending and social bonding 11. How well do the adolescent risk factors predict re-arrest frequency across race/ethnicity among serious adolescent offenders? 12. Perceptions of race, crime, and policing among Ferguson protesters 13. Public opinion on the affluenza defense, race, and sentencing decisions: results from a statewide poll

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer H. Peck is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida, USA. Her research interests include racial/ethnic disparities in juvenile court processing and the treatment of disadvantaged groups in the juvenile justice system.