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The contexts of juvenile justice decision making : when race matters /
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 homogeno...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2003.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.