Decision-Making in the Juvenile Justice System in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, 1999-2000

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Sarri
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System

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

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M. Bishop ◽  
Michael Leiber ◽  
Joseph Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Minority Overrepresentation ◽  
Focal Concerns Perspective ◽  
The Impact

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.

scholarly journals El efecto del género en la toma de decisiones en el sistema de Justicia Juvenil (The effect of gender on decision-making in the Juvenile Justice System)

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 442-464
Author(s):  
Ricardo Gallego Córcoles ◽  
Raquel Bartolomé Gutiérrez
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Court ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Court Judge ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Toma De Decisiones

Existe evidencia de que cuestiones de género influyen en la toma de decisiones en Justicia Juvenil en diversos países. Sin embargo, en España no existen estudios empíricos al respecto. Una aproximación a nuestra realidad puede servir de punto de partida para realizar un análisis más profundo sobre la cuestión. Se diseñó un estudio descriptivo de naturaleza retrospectiva. La muestra estuvo constituida por 166 jóvenes, 127 chicos y 39 chicas, expedientados en el Juzgado de Menores de Guadalajara por cometer algún delito. Los resultados muestran que no existen diferencias significativas entre chicos y chicas en cuanto a las decisiones que se toman con respecto a ellos en ninguna de las fases del procedimiento judicial. Tampoco si se analizan únicamente los delitos violentos, tradicionalmente considerados propios de los chicos. Todas las profesionales que han intervenido en la toma de decisiones analizada son mujeres. Esta circunstancia puede influir en los resultados. There is enough evidence in scientific literature about the effect of gender on the decision-making in the Juvenile Justice System. However, in Spain, there are no known empirical studies in this regard. An approximation to our reality might serve as a starting point for a deeper analysis on the issue. The aim of the present study was to perform a descriptive, retrospective study of the cases disposed to the juvenile court judge during eight months in the Juvenile Court of Guadalajara, Spain. The final data set contained 166 cases, 127 boys and 39 girls disposed to the Juvenile Court of Guadalajara for committing some crime in the territorial scope of this province, No differences between sexes occurred in any case. Neither if only violent crimes are considered. All professionals who have intervened in the decision-making were women. This circumstance could influence the results obtained.

The Design of an Expert System for Domain Knowledge Engineering and Decision Making: A Case Study in the Criminal Justice System

1998 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Owusu-Ansah Agyapong ◽  
Patrick O. Bobbie
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Support System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Software System ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
Case Files

In this paper, we discuss a tool for eliciting domain knowledge (specification) of a decision support system. In particular, we focus on a decision support software system (DSS) which employs domain knowledge of recidivism in the juvenile justice system. Using the elicited domain knowledge, the DSS tool uses deductive reasoning techniques to make inferences and provide suggestive courses of action to support the investigatory functions of police, attorneys, or probation officials. The motivation for developing the system is manifold: (1) the activities of the officials are repetitive and their procedures mostly manual; (2) investigations usually result in large volume of biographical data; (3) the need to link several, related case files; (4) officials seldom have concurrent access to case files — causing delays in resolving cases in the court system; among others. Developing a software system to support the investigation and decision making of criminal cases is in itself a daunting task, which makes the system specification a critical input to the development process. Hence, the correctness of the resultant domain knowledgebase and the underlying deductive/support system depends on logically consistent and sound methods. In the paper, we describe the rationale for developing the DSS system, why we focus on the criminal (juvenile) justice system, the methodology for eliciting DSS domain knowledge, and a scenario of what we are implementing as a proof-of-concept system. A series of elicitation sessions which epitomize the DSS system are discussed in the article.

Decision Making in the Juvenile Justice System: A Comparative Study of Four States

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Sarri ◽  
Jeffrey J. Shook ◽  
Geoffrey Ward ◽  
Mark Creekmore ◽  
Cheri Albertson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
System A
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