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Juvenile Justice Processing:The entangled effects of race and urban poverty
Author(s) -
Wu Bohsiu,
Fuentes Angel Ilarraza
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.1998.tb00780.x
Subject(s) - race (biology) , economic justice , juvenile , poverty , stereotype (uml) , criminology , welfare , logistic regression , psychology , sociology , social psychology , political science , gender studies , biology , law , ecology , medicine
This study addresses the issue of how race and urban poverty affect minority overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system, using data from 2,003 court cases referred to 13 urban Ohio juvenile courts in 1989. Results of logistic regression analyses show that: 1) minority offenders are more likely to be detained than whites; 2) detention status augments juveniles' chances of being adjudicated and confined; 3) minority juveniles who are from welfare families are more likely to be confined than their self‐sustaining counterparts. A cultural stereotype based on juveniles' race and class constitutes the basis of differential treatment.