CCJ 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Travis Hirschi, Social Disorganization Theory
2 Apr 2018
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Cumulative disadvantage: arizona juvenile justice, white, black, latino/a and native youth, multiple stages of juvenile court processing. Juvenile court processing: diversion, detention, petition, adjudication, disposition. Arizona demographics: 50% white, 38. 8% latino, 5% black, 1. 9% native. Arizona juvenile justice: 50% white, 38% latino, 7% black, 5% native. Diversion: black youth were less likely to be diverted, native youth were less likely to be diverted. Petition filed: detained youth were 4. 9 times more likely to have a petition filed, black youth were 1. 37 times more likely to have petitions dismissed. Out-of-home placement: black youth were more likely to receive out-of-home placement, detained youth were more likely to receive out-of-home placement. Cumulative effects: youth who were detained were more likely to have a petition filed, less likely to have petitions dismissed, and more likely to be removed from the home and ordered to the juvenile state correctional institution. Disparities in imprisonment: the war on drugs.
