Our children, their children : confronting racial and ethnic differences in American juvenile justice / edited by Darnell F. Hawkins and Kimberly Kempf-Leonard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hawkins, Darnell Felix, 1946-

Kempf Leonard, Kimberly.

Series:

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on mental health and development. Research network on adolescent development and juvenile justice.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on mental health and development. Research network on adolescent development and juvenile justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Discrimination in juvenile justice administration--United States.

Discrimination in juvenile justice administration.

Crime and race--United States.

Crime and race.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (471 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Our Children, Their Children, a prominent team of researchers argues that a second-rate and increasingly punitive juvenile justice system is allowed to persist because most people believe it is designed for children in other ethnic and socioeconomic groups. While public opinion, laws, and social policies that convey distinctions between "our children" and "their children" may seem to conflict with the American ideal of blind justice, they are hardly at odds with patterns of group differentiation and inequality that have characterized much of American history. Our Children, Their Children provides a state-of-the-science examination of racial and ethnic disparities in the American juvenile justice system. Here, contributors document the precise magnitude of these disparities, seek to determine their causes, and propose potential solutions. In addition to race and ethnicity, contributors also look at the effects on juvenile justice of suburban sprawl, the impact of family and neighborhood, bias in postarrest decisions, and mental health issues. Assessing the implications of these differences for public policy initiatives and legal reforms, this volume is the first critical summary of what is known and unknown in this important area of social research.

Contents:

The role of race and ethnicity in juvenile justice processing / Donna M. Bishop

Racial and ethnic differences in juvenile offending / Janet L. Lauritsen

Degrees of discretion : the first juvenile court and the problem of difference in the early twentieth century / David S. Tanenhaus

Race and the jurisprudence of juvenile justice : a tale in two parts, 1950-2000 / Barry C. Feld

Is suburban sprawl a juvenile justice issue / Paul A. Jargowsky, Scott A. Desmond, and Robert D. Crutchfield

Race and crime : the contribution of individual, familial, and neighborhood-level risk factors to life-course-persistent offending / Alex R. Piquero, Terri E. Moffitt, and Brian Lawton

Explaining assessments of future risk : race and attributions of juvenile offenders in presentencing reports / Sara Steen ...[et al.]

Justice by geography : racial disparity and juvenile courts / Timothy M. Bray, Lisa L. Sample, and Kimberly Kempf-Leonard

Race, ethnicity, and juvenile justice : is there bias in postarrest decision making / Paul E. Tracy

Disproportionate minority confinement/contact (DMC) : the federal initiative / Carl E. Pope and Michael J. Leiber

Mental health issues among minority offenders in the juvenile justice system / Elizabeth Cauffman and Thomas Grisso

Minimizing harm from minority disproportion in American juvenile justice / Franklin E. Zimring.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612537790

9781282537798

1282537792

9780226319919

0226319911

OCLC:

593295917