Structure matters : predicting juvenile justice system behavior / LaNina N. Cooke.

Cooke examines the value of ecological structures in predicting juvenile justice system behavior, specifically during risk assessment, prosecution, and sanction determination. Her analysis considers religious establishments, public housing sites, and retail liquor stores as the ecological indicators...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Cooke, LaNina N., 1978- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2015.
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Summary:Cooke examines the value of ecological structures in predicting juvenile justice system behavior, specifically during risk assessment, prosecution, and sanction determination. Her analysis considers religious establishments, public housing sites, and retail liquor stores as the ecological indicators and views them as stigmatizing and determinant of system behavior Through aggregating ecological, legal, and demographic data by zip code, the examination determined (a) associations between social ecology and juvenile justice decision points and (b) the degree to which juvenile probation officers and judges were more stringent and judgmental toward delinquents from neighborhoods with greater concentrations of the analyzed ecological structures.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593328115
1593328117
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.