Reconsidering Child Saving: The Extent and Correlates of Public Support for Excluding Youths from the Juvenile Court

Autor/inn/en	Applegate, Brandon K.; Davis, Robin King; Cullen, Francis T.
Titel	Reconsidering Child Saving: The Extent and Correlates of Public Support for Excluding Youths from the Juvenile Court
Quelle	In: Crime & Delinquency, 55 (2009) 1, S.51-77 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-1287
DOI	10.1177/0011128707308104
Schlagwörter	Juvenile Courts; Juvenile Justice; Public Opinion; Correlation; Youth; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Juvenile court; Jugendgericht; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Öffentliche Meinung; Korrelation; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter
Abstract	The 1990s saw concerted legislative efforts to increase the mechanisms through which juveniles could be transferred to the adult court. Beginning research exists on how the public feels about transferring youths out of the juvenile justice system, but it is somewhat dated and does little to illuminate the reasons people support transfer. Using a statewide sample and factorial survey design, this study assesses how public views are related to multiple factors, including offense and offender characteristics, views on the appropriate aims of juvenile sentencing, perceptions of juvenile maturity, and expectations about the results of transferring juvenile cases to the adult criminal justice system. Our findings suggest that people want transfer used sparingly and selectively and that support is greatest when they believe that the adult system can provide effective rehabilitation as well as punishment. Implications are discussed. (Contains 6 tables and 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10