Minorities in Juvenile Justice / Edition 1

by Kimberley Kempf Leonard, Carl E. Pope, William Feyerherm

Overview

Providing current information on the disparate treatment of minority youth within the juvenile justice system, this volume begins by identifying the need for a better understanding of how minority youths experience this system. The book then draws on research programmes that reflect different techniques of investigation, sampling and analysis with several racial minority groups. Topics include: juvenile encounters with police; the role of community structure in shaping the perceptions of juvenile crime and the response to it; and the treatment of Native American youths in juvenile justice. In conclusion the book outlines strategies for research and observation of over-representation of minorities as well as steps to help overcome racial bia

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803972650
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/20/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.58(d)

Table of Contents

The DMC Initiative - William Feyerherm
The Convergence of Policy and Research Themes
Reflections on Race Effects in Juvenile Justice - Charles E Frazier and Donna M Bishop
Policing Juveniles - Madeline Wordes and Timothy S Bynum
Is There Bias against Youth of Color?
The Social Context of Juvenile Justice Administration - Barry C Feld
Racial Disparities in an Urban Juvenile Court
The Role of Race in Juvenile Justice in Pennsylvania - Kimberly Kempf Leonard and Henry Sontheimer
Racial Disparities in the Confinement of Juveniles - George S Bridges et al
Effects of Crime and Community Social Structure on the Punishment
The Overrepresentation of Minority Youths in the California Juvenile Justice System - James Austin
Perceptions and Realities
Juvenile Justice Processing of American Indian Youths - Lisa M Poupart
Disparity in One Rural County
Equity within the Juvenile Justice System - Carl E Pope
Directions for the Future

Editorial Reviews

Nine research and policy papers by 15 contributors on minority youths and differential processing in the US juvenile justice system. The system is made up of a variety of decision makers and stages, some of which are informal by design and occur outside public view, offering significant potential for unequal handling of cases. The traditional parens patriae philosophy of juvenile court allows even greater discretionary treatment than exists in adult criminal justice systems. These papers look at several racial minority groups and a diverse group of states, and they offer suggestions for improving equity in the judicial process. Paper edition (unseen), $21.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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