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Crime & Delinquency | 2008

Being Young and Black: What Are Their Effects on Juvenile Justice Decision Making?

Michael J. Leiber; Joseph D. Johnson

This study examined the extent to which race and age individually and jointly determined juvenile justice case outcomes at intake and judicial disposition among males in one county juvenile court in the state of Iowa. Using an interpretation of the symbolic threat thesis and the emphasis on stereotyping as the theoretical framework, we discovered that being Black and older increased a youths chances of receiving an intake court referral and decreased the odds of participation in intake diversion. Age did not condition intake decision making for African Americans but was discovered to temper case outcomes for Whites. Although individual relationships were found, there was no evidence of joint race-age effects in decision making at judicial disposition.


Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice | 2010

Contexts of Decision Making in the Juvenile Justice System: An Organizational Approach to Understanding Minority Overrepresentation

Donna M. Bishop; Michael J. Leiber; Joseph D. Johnson

Significant advances have been made in our understanding of the origins and dynamics of minority overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system. Nevertheless, much remains to be learned. In this article, the authors explore the impact of race on juvenile justice processing by examining the organizational contexts in which decisions are made. They offer a theoretical framework that combines insights from organizational theory and the focal concerns perspective and that focuses on the organizational players (action sets) involved in decision making from intake to final disposition. Based on the composition of action sets, and their corresponding value orientations, the authors make predictions regarding the influence of sociodemographic, legal, and extralegal variables at each processing juncture. The empirical test provides a reasonably good fit with the data. Implications for further research are discussed.


International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice | 2006

Fear of Crime in Botswana: Impact of Gender, Victimization, and Incivility

Joseph D. Johnson

The subject of fear of crime has generated a substantial body of empirical study within Western industrialized society. However, the current focus on comparative criminology inspires efforts to study fear of crime cross culturally. This study attempts to assess some of the widely accepted predictors and conclusions of fear of crime found in developed nations on the urbanized capital city of Botswana. More specifically, in this article, the author explores the relationships between gender, victimization, incivility, and fear of crime in Gaborone, Botswana. Findings suggest that gender, victimization, and, in part, the environment are all useful in explaining fear of crime in Gaborne. However, it appears that gender, more than victimization and incivility, is itself a genuinely powerful determinant of fear of crime.


Journal of Criminal Justice | 2007

Differentiating among racial/ethnic groups and its implications for understanding juvenile justice decision making

Michael J. Leiber; Joseph D. Johnson; Kristan C. Fox; Robyn Diehl Lacks


Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management | 2009

Are police and security personnel warming up to each other?: A comparison of officers' attitudes in developed, emerging, and transitional economies

Mahesh K. Nalla; Joseph D. Johnson; Gorazd Meško


Asian Journal of Criminology | 2011

Prior Victimization, Region, and Neighborhood Effects on Fear of Crime in Mumbai, India

Mahesh K. Nalla; Joseph D. Johnson; Rebecca Hayes-Smith


Archive | 2012

Citizen Confidence in Criminal Justice in New and Emerging Democracies: A Comparison of Four Former African British Colonies

Mahesh K. Nalla; Joseph D. Johnson


Asian Journal of Criminology | 2012

Erratum to: Prior Victimization, Region, and Neighborhood Effects on Fear of Crime in Mumbai, India

Mahesh K. Nalla; Joseph D. Johnson; Rebecca M. Hayes


Archive | 2007

Crime and Development in India: A Test of Social Disorganization and Economic Inequality Theories

Mahesh K. Nalla; Joseph D. Johnson


Archive | 2007

Race and Detention Decision Making Revisited

Michael J. Leiber; Kristan Fox; Joseph D. Johnson; Robyn Diehl Lacks

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Michael J. Leiber

University of South Florida

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Mahesh K. Nalla

Michigan State University

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Kristan Fox

University of Northern Iowa

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Robyn Diehl Lacks

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Kristan C. Fox

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Rebecca M. Hayes

Central Michigan University

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