Putting the Processing of Juvenile Offenders into Context

Gardner, Kristin; Lanza‐Kaduce, Lonn

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“…In spite of the differential human and financial costs of these justice system processing decisions, limited research has examined the factors that probation officers consider when making these determinations. Due to the absence of empirically informed guidelines, juvenile case processing varies across communities (Gardner & Lanza-Kaduce, 2015; Snyder & Sickmund, 2006). Thus, the legal consequences faced by a youth accused of a given crime depend in large part on idiosyncratic factors, such as the practices of a local jurisdiction or the particular probation officer assigned to the case (Gardner & Lanza-Kaduce, 2015; Feld, 1991).…”

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“…Due to the absence of empirically informed guidelines, juvenile case processing varies across communities (Gardner & Lanza-Kaduce, 2015; Snyder & Sickmund, 2006). Thus, the legal consequences faced by a youth accused of a given crime depend in large part on idiosyncratic factors, such as the practices of a local jurisdiction or the particular probation officer assigned to the case (Gardner & Lanza-Kaduce, 2015; Feld, 1991).…”

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“…Therefore, processing decisions have the potential to profoundly influence a youth’s subsequent behavior (Dishion, Poulin, & Burraston, 2001; Lipsey, 2006). However, these decisions are typically made without evidence-based guidelines (Feld, 1991; Gardner & Lanza-Kaduce, 2015). In order to improve the juvenile justice system’s response to juvenile offending, it is important to investigate how processing decisions are currently made.…”

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And justice for all: Determinants and effects of probation officers’ processing decisions regarding first-time juvenile offenders.

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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When a youth is accused of committing a crime, juvenile justice system arbiters, such as probation officers, interview both the youth and the youth's guardian to gather information before deciding to either process the youth formally or informally. Factors about a youth that are unrelated to the criminal charge may contribute to arbiters' processing decisions. Such extralegal factors include demographic characteristics and characteristics of the youth's context (e.g., home environment, peer delinquency). Little is known about how extralegal factors other than age and race affect youth processing. The present study draws on data from probation officer assessment interviews with 359 male, first-time, low-level juvenile offenders, as well as longitudinal self-report and official records of a youth's reoffending after his first arrest, to determine how extralegal factors affect probation processing decisions, and whether processing is associated with youth reoffending and rearrest. The results indicate that even after taking into account legal factors and demographic characteristics, youth are more likely to be processed formally if they refuse to comment on the charge, if their probation officers believe their guardians to be relatively more disapproving of their friends, and if their probation officers perceive their home environments to be more problematic. Although youth who are processed formally self-report reoffending at the same rate as youth who are processed informally, youth who are processed formally are more likely to be rearrested in the subsequent 6 months. Implications for how processing decisions may promote sustained involvement in the juvenile justice system are discussed.

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Legislative Waiver

Hughes

2017

The Encyclopedia of Juvenile Delinquency and Justice

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Legislative waiver is a special type of law that excludes certain offenses or offenders from the jurisdiction of juvenile court. Legislative waiver laws require the juvenile be waived, or transferred, to criminal court thereby bypassing the juvenile court system. Legislative waiver laws remove the discretion inherent in judicial and prosecutorial waivers. Legislative waiver takes the specific form of a statutory exclusion or mandatory waiver. Currently, 38 states have some form of legislative waiver for juvenile offenders.

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Juvenile probation officers and discretionary decision-making: the effects of legal, physical, and social factors

Jenkins Keenan,

Daquin

2023

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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Putting the Processing of Juvenile Offenders into Context

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And justice for all: Determinants and effects of probation officers’ processing decisions regarding first-time juvenile offenders.

And justice for all: Determinants and effects of probation officers’ processing decisions regarding first-time juvenile offenders.

Legislative Waiver

Juvenile probation officers and discretionary decision-making: the effects of legal, physical, and social factors

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