The Correctional Experiences of Youth in Adult and Juvenile Prisons

Kupchik, Aaron

doi:10.1080/07418820701294805

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“…Existing literature has yet to provide definitive support for either perspective, producing conclusions that vary across time and place. The current research extends extant work by Fagan (1991), Kurlychek and Johnson (2004), Kupchik (2007), Steiner (2009), and others by applying more sophisticated methods to address important issues of selection bias and by examining potential heterogeneity in the effect of juvenility on adult court punishments. Specifically, we investigate the following research questions:…”

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confidence: 78%

Juvenility and Punishment: Sentencing Juveniles in Adult Criminal Court*

Kurlychek

Johnson

2010

Criminology

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The study outlined in this article addressed a key limitation of prior research on the punishment of juveniles transferred to adult court by employing propensity score matching techniques to create more comparable samples of juvenile and young adult offenders. Using recent data from the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, it tested competing theoretical propositions about the salience of juvenile status in adult court. Findings indicate that even after rigorous statistical matching procedures, juvenile offenders are punished more severely than their young adult counterparts. We found no evidence that this “juvenile penalty” is exacerbated by an offender's race or gender, but it does vary starkly across offense type and mode of transfer, being driven primarily by drug crimes and discretionary waivers. The import of these findings is discussed as they relate to the future of juvenile justice policy regarding the continued use of juvenile transfer to adult court.

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Juvenility and Punishment: Sentencing Juveniles in Adult Criminal Court*

Kurlychek

Johnson

2010

Criminology

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“…Many states, including Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Florida, do not specify a minimum age (Griffin, 2008). Over time, waiver was applied to younger juveniles charged with lesser crimes (Kupchik, 2007;Mears, 2003).…”

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The Comparative Risk of Mistreatment for Juveniles in Detention Facilities and State Prisons

Levitt

2010

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

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“…Fagan (2008) points to evidence that the juvenile facility in a study that he conducted with colleagues was reported to actually be more chaotic (see also Kupchik, 2007) but that the youths in the adult facility reported feeling less safe and reported more symptoms of mental health problems and posttraumatic stress disorder. A recent study by the Justice Department (Beck et al, 2013) found Downloaded by [University of Connecticut] at 03:28 03 February 2015 no differences in sexual victimization among juveniles and adults in adult prisons and jails.…”

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Looking Back and Thinking Forward: Examining the Consequences of Policies and Practices That Treat Juveniles as Adults

Shook

2014

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

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This article examines the consequences of legislative changes that eased the process of treating juveniles as adults. Overall, it finds evidence that there has been an increase in the number of juveniles sent to the criminal court and the majority either remain in the community or return to the community shortly after serving a jail or prison sentence. In light of geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in transfer, differences in the programs and services offered to youth in the juvenile and criminal justice systems, and higher rates of recidivism among transferred offenders, the article supports the contention of many scholars and advocates that there is a need for policy and practice reform.

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The Correctional Experiences of Youth in Adult and Juvenile Prisons

Cited by 30 publications

References 15 publications

Juvenility and Punishment: Sentencing Juveniles in Adult Criminal Court*

Juvenility and Punishment: Sentencing Juveniles in Adult Criminal Court*

The Comparative Risk of Mistreatment for Juveniles in Detention Facilities and State Prisons

Looking Back and Thinking Forward: Examining the Consequences of Policies and Practices That Treat Juveniles as Adults

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