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1 online resource (xvi, 225 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-220) and index. |
| Summary |
Annotation Explores the contexts of judges' decision making in juvenile courts that incarcerate disproportionately more minorities than whites. An in-depth examination of the contextual nature of decision making and the causes of disproportionate minority confinement in four relatively homogenous juvenile courts in lowa, this book explores the subjective social psychological processes of juvenile court officers and the factors that influence those processes. Iowa, although a state with a predominantly white population, has one of the highest minority incarceration rates for juveniles. Michael J. Leiber focuses on the relationships between adherence to correctional orientations (such as retribution and rehabilitation) and decision-makers' views concerning race, crime, family, and respect for authority with judgments and differential outcomes for youth. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies are used to determine the extent to which correctional ideologies and decision-makers' stereotyping of minorities are fueled by a wide range of contingencies, the impact of case processing and outcomes of whites, African Americans, and Native Americans, and how it varies by Jurisdiction. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Iowa.
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Juvenile justice, Administration of. |
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Iowa. |
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Discrimination in juvenile justice administration -- Iowa.
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Discrimination in juvenile justice administration. |
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Iowa.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration. |
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Juvenile delinquents -- Iowa.
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Juvenile delinquents. |
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Minority youth -- Iowa.
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Minority youth. |
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Prison sentences -- Iowa.
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Prison sentences. |
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Juvenile corrections -- Iowa.
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Juvenile corrections. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leiber, Michael J. Contexts of juvenile justice decision making. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003 0791457680 0791457672 (DLC) 2003057272 (OCoLC)52601111 |
| ISBN |
1417536101 (electronic book) |
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9781417536108 (electronic book) |
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0791457680 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780791457689 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0791457672 (alkaline paper) |
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9780791457672 (alkaline paper) |
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9780791486634 |
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079148663X |
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