1977
DOI: 10.1177/001112877702300203
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Abstract: Criticism of the juvenile court's jurisdiction over the status offender consistently neglects one important aspect of the issue. As a product of the court's history of extralegal paternalism, status offenses have involved the system in the maintenance of traditional family norms, which require greater obedience and chastity from females than from males. The enforcement of status offenses has created a de facto double standard of juvenile justice in America. Like "good parents," police and court personnel tend… Show more

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“…On the one hand, some studies in this field seemed to suggest that gender disparity in sentencing was rare (Steffensmeier et al, 1993), and that there were even harsher punishments for female offenders in instances of victimless crimes and status offenses in juvenile cases (Chesney-Lind, 1977, 1981. On the other hand, many other studies had examined multiple aspects of preferential treatment based on gender in the criminal justice system.…”
Section: Western Studies On Gender Disparity In Sentencingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On the one hand, some studies in this field seemed to suggest that gender disparity in sentencing was rare (Steffensmeier et al, 1993), and that there were even harsher punishments for female offenders in instances of victimless crimes and status offenses in juvenile cases (Chesney-Lind, 1977, 1981. On the other hand, many other studies had examined multiple aspects of preferential treatment based on gender in the criminal justice system.…”
Section: Western Studies On Gender Disparity In Sentencingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Chesney-Lind and Sheldon (1998), Bishop and Frazier (1992), and Odem (1995) reported that females who committed status offenses were given more severe punishments than males who committed similar offenses. Some studies have reported that in regard to status offenses, females receive more severe outcomes than males (Bishop and Frazier 1992;Chesney-Lind 1977, 1988Datesman and Scarpitti 1977;Odem 1995). Other studies, such as Teilman and Landry (1981) and Cohen and Kluegal (1978) found that males were actually given longer sentences at disposition than their female counterparts for delinquent offenses.…”
Section: Prior Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Judges were granted broad discretion to prevent unruliness or immorality from ripening into criminality, and intervention often reflected individual judges' values and prejudices. The exercise of standardless discretion to regulate noncriminal misconduct had a disproportionate impact on poor, minority, and female juveniles (Chesney-Lind 1977Sussman 1977;Teilmann and Landry 1981).…”
Section: Jurisdiction Over Noncriminal Status Offendersmentioning
confidence: 99%