Author: Byrnes, Edward Cahoon
Title: Bootstrapping: Is It More Likely to Occur with Youth Who Are of Color and/or from Low-Income Families?
Summary: Findings from the “Minority Overrepresentation in the Utah Juvenile Justice System” study included that youth and staff involved in the system perceive that bootstrapping (the practice of adding charges in a single criminal episode) by law enforcement is more likely to occur with youth who are of color and who are from low income families. This study aimed to use arrest records (to determine the number of charges per episode), JIS data (to determine race, ethnicity and disposition of all charges) and social files (to explore data related to youth’s socioeconomic status) to explore whether study participants’ perceptions were accurate.
Details: Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Criminal Justice Center, University of Utah, 2001. 18p.
Source: Internet Resource
Year: 2001
Country: United States
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Shelf Number: 119409
Keywords:
BootstrappingJuvenile Offenders (Utah)Minority GroupsSocioeconomic Status |
