Deservingness and Punishment in Juvenile Justice: Do Black Youth Grow Up "Faster" in the Eyes of the Court?
The present study investigated whether race moderates the effect of age on juvenile court dispositions in ways that illuminate a subtler form of racial disparities than has been previously identified. Drawing on prior theory and research, we hypothesize that at young ages, virtually all youth are pe...
| Publicado en: | Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 41 - 63 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jan2022
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