Title The contexts of juvenile justice decision making : when race matters / Michael J. Leiber

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 225 pages) Contents Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC) -- Ch. 2 Understanding DMC -- Ch. 3 Correctional Orientations, Race, Crime, Family, and Respect for Authority -- Ch. 4 Methods -- Ch. 5 Movement through the Juvenile Justice System -- Ch. 6 Influence of Legal and Extralegal Factors on Decision Making -- Ch. 7 Accountability and Intervention -- Ch. 8 Rehabilitation, Protection of Society, and Adherence to Middle-Class Values -- Ch. 9 Formal Rationalized Justice and Nonintervention -- Ch. 10 Dysfunctional Family, Subcultural Values, Lack of Resources, and Rehabilitation -- Ch. 11 Summary and Conclusions Summary Annotation Explores the contexts of judges' decision making in juvenile courts that incarcerate disproportionately more minorities than whites. An in-depth examination of the contextual nature of decision making and the causes of disproportionate minority confinement in four relatively homogenous juvenile courts in lowa, this book explores the subjective social psychological processes of juvenile court officers and the factors that influence those processes. Iowa, although a state with a predominantly white population, has one of the highest minority incarceration rates for juveniles. Michael J. Leiber focuses on the relationships between adherence to correctional orientations (such as retribution and rehabilitation) and decision-makers' views concerning race, crime, family, and respect for authority with judgments and differential outcomes for youth. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies are used to determine the extent to which correctional ideologies and decision-makers' stereotyping of minorities are fueled by a wide range of contingencies, the impact of case processing and outcomes of whites, African Americans, and Native Americans, and how it varies by Jurisdiction Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-220) and index Notes Print version record Subject Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Iowa Discrimination in juvenile justice administration -- Iowa Racism in criminal justice administration -- Iowa Juvenile delinquents -- Iowa Minority youth -- Iowa Prison sentences -- Iowa Juvenile corrections -- Iowa Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Iowa Racism in criminal justice administration. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. Racism in criminal justice administration Discrimination in criminal justice administration Discrimination in juvenile justice administration Juvenile corrections Juvenile delinquents Juvenile justice, Administration of Minority youth Prison sentences Iowa Form Electronic book ISBN 1417536101 9781417536108 0791457680 9780791457689 0791457672 9780791457672 9780791486634 079148663X

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