Gender and Justice

The current study addressed the issues of
gender and racial differences in judicial waiver
decisions in one state. The study provides an
examination of existing juvenile justice research,
and augments a neglected area of research regarding
girls and judicial waiver. The present research
examines the variables that influence the judicial
waiver decision for girls and explores the
differences between girls and boys who were
judicially waived to adult court.
Utilizing juvenile court data from 1994 through
2000, the current findings provide a fairly complex
portrait of the effects of several variables on
judicial waiver. Based upon the variables that were
tested in this study, it is suggests that increased
delinquency prevention programs, such as truancy
prevention and increased counseling services for
girls, are warranted. The findings also indicate
that future research about the transfer of girls to
adult court is needed in order to attempt to
understand fully the variables that influence
judicial waiver.

Autorentext

Alison S. Burke received a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of New Mexico and spent a year studying psychology at Oxford University. She earned her Master's Degree in Criminal Justice (MCJ) from the University of Colorado at Denver, and her Ph.D. in Criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Klappentext

The current study addressed the issues of gender and racial differences in judicial waiver decisions in one state. The study provides an examination of existing juvenile justice research, and augments a neglected area of research regarding girls and judicial waiver. The present research examines the variables that influence the judicial waiver decision for girls and explores the differences between girls and boys who were judicially waived to adult court. Utilizing juvenile court data from 1994 through 2000, the current findings provide a fairly complex portrait of the effects of several variables on judicial waiver. Based upon the variables that were tested in this study, it is suggests that increased delinquency prevention programs, such as truancy prevention and increased counseling services for girls, are warranted. The findings also indicate that future research about the transfer of girls to adult court is needed in order to attempt to understand fully the variables that influence judicial waiver.