Racial disparities in juvenile court outcomes: A test of the liberation hypothesis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2011
Abstract
After decades of research, the exact impact of race on juvenile court outcomes is still a complex matter. The focus of this study is to address the liberation hypothesis as a potential explanation for racial disparities in juvenile court outcomes. This perspective has not previously been applied to juvenile court outcomes. Results from the analyses demonstrate the differential effect of legal and extralegal factors on serious and less serious cases. The results of this study indicate that legal factors such as crime seriousness or prior criminal record and extralegal factors such as race have a varying influence on juvenile court outcomes, and this influence varies depending on the outcome examined and the race of the youth. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Recommended Citation
Guevara, Lori; Boyd, Lorenzo M.; Taylor, Angela P.; and Brown, Robert A., "Racial disparities in juvenile court outcomes: A test of the liberation hypothesis" (2011). College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 193.
https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/college_humanities_social_sciences/193