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The contexts of juvenile justice decision making : when race matters / Michael J. Leiber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leiber, Michael J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Juvenile justice, Administration of--Iowa.
- Juvenile justice, Administration of.
- Discrimination in juvenile justice administration--Iowa.
- Discrimination in juvenile justice administration.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Iowa.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Juvenile delinquents--Iowa.
- Juvenile delinquents.
- Minority youth--Iowa.
- Minority youth.
- Prison sentences--Iowa.
- Prison sentences.
- Juvenile corrections--Iowa.
- Juvenile corrections.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores the contexts of judges' decision making in juvenile courts that incarcerate disproportionately more minorities than whites.
- Contents:
- Intro
- The Contexts of Juvenile Justice Decision Making
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC)
- 2. Understanding DMC
- 3. Correctional Orientations, Race, Crime, Family, and Respect for Authority
- 4. Methods
- 5. Movement through the Juvenile Justice System
- 6. The Influence of Legal and Extralegal Factors on Decision Making
- 7. Accountability and Intervention
- 8. Rehabilitation, Protection of Society, and Adherence to Middle-Class Values
- 9. Formal Rationalized Justice and Nonintervention
- 10. Dysfunctional Family, Subcultural Values, Lack of Resources, and Rehabilitation
- 11. Summary and Conclusions
- Appendixes
- APPENDIX 1
- APPENDIX 2
- APPENDIX 3
- APPENDIX 4
- Notes
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 11
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- W
- Y
- Z.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-220) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7914-8663-X
- 1-4175-3610-1
- OCLC:
- 61367784
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