TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Pathways through the juvenile justice system: predictors of formal disposition
JO  - Youth violence and juvenile justice
A1  - Caudill, Jonathan W.
A1  - Morris, Robert G.
A1  - Sayed, Sarah El
A1  - Yun, Minwoo
A1  - DeLisi, Matt
SP  - 183
EP  - 195
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
N2  - Previous scholarship on juvenile case dispositions has suggested a complex relationship between legal and extra-legal factors. Previous studies, however, have suffered from methodological limitations of cross-sectional data that potentially overstated the salience of extra-legal factors. This study addressed that limitation using longitudinal case-management system data from a large southern state. The findings suggested a distinction between the first referral and subsequent referrals. Extra-legal factors, such as age, gender, and race contributed to formal case disposition in the first referral, but waned in referrals two through six. Legal factors significantly and robustly predicted formal case disposition in the first and subsequent referrals. Felony offense significantly increased the likelihood of a formal disposition across all referrals and previous case disposition significantly increased the likelihood of formal disposition in subsequent referrals. Concluding remarks focus on implications and future research.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1541-2040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204012472211
ID  - ref1
ER  -