TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Examining Racial Disparity of Male Property Offenders in the Missouri Juvenile Justice System
JO  - Youth violence and juvenile justice
A1  - Ray, Katherine E. Brown
A1  - Alarid, Leanne Fiftal
SP  - 107
EP  - 128
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - Using juvenile court data of 4,284 cases, this study examined to what extent racial disparity and discrimination existed for male property offenders within six counties in Missouri. Logistic regression analyses tested probabilities of juveniles being processed in the system at four decision-making points: referral, detention, adjudication, and disposition when available legal factors and county type were controlled. The authors found evidence of contextual racial discrimination in some jurisdictions during selected decision points in the juvenile justice system. In all counties combined, Black youths were more likely to be formally referred and detained before adjudication, whereas White youths were more likely to be adjudicated.<p />
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SN  - 1541-2040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204003262228
ID  - ref1
ER  -