Thesis
THE EFFECTS OF COUNTY-LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS ON THE RATE OF PETITIONED JUVENILE COURT CASES
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
12/2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000007183
Abstract
Justice by geography suggests that courtroom outcomes vary based on contextual factors. This project evaluates justice by geography at the county-level by looking at the petitioning stage of juvenile justice system processing, where cases are considered for formal processing or are diverted out of the criminal-legal system. To understand if county-level variables affect the percentage of cases in a county that are formally processed for punishment or diverted out of the system, this project conducts multivariate regression analyses to test if political, economic, or rural contexts influences the rate of petitioned referrals. Results shows that, when controlling for the crime rate, the strength of the Republican Party significantly increases the share of noncriminal referrals that are petitioned in a county. These results imply that a connection between punitive punishments and the strength of the Republican Party exist. It is important to recognize what contexts influence juvenile justice system outcomes vary because these contextual variables contribute to spatial inequality.
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- Title
- THE EFFECTS OF COUNTY-LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS ON THE RATE OF PETITIONED JUVENILE COURT CASES
- Creators
- Safiya Hafiz
- Contributors
- Jennifer Schwartz (Chair)Monica Kirpatrick Johnson (Committee Member)Thomas Rotolo (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Sociology
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 55
- Identifiers
- 99901195201501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis