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The (Mis)Uses of Detention and the Impact of Bed Space in One Jurisdiction
Author(s) -
BONDMAUPIN LISA J.,
MAUPIN JAMES R.
Publication year - 2002
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.1755-6988.2002.tb00065.x
Subject(s) - jurisdiction , punishment (psychology) , space (punctuation) , criminology , law , psychology , political science , computer science , social psychology , operating system
Analysis of booking data prior to and following the opening of a new facility doubling available bed space reveals that 53.0% of detentions end prior to or at a detention hearing, charges for 48.8% of bookings are for technical violations of probation or status offenses only, and that 62.5% of bookings are for a combination of the prior two offense and other minor offenses. These trends as well as the actual number of youths detained increased with the move into a new facility with twice the bed space. The data suggest that detention is frequently used as shelter and/or punishment even though a juvenile does not technically represent a threat to self, community, or of absconding.