SOC 220 Chapter 22: The Juvenile Justice System
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However discrimination exists, sometimes explained in terms of conflict and labeling theories: blacks are overrepresented in all aspects of the jjs, does not prove that discrimination exists, maybe the commit more delin acts and more serious delin acts than other groups, studies find that the most important determinants of how juveniles are treated in the justice system are the seriousness of their offense and their prior record, studies done to determine if blacks are more severely treated than whites find that overrepresentation cannot be explained by race differences alone, suggests that overrepresentation is partly due to discrimination against african americans, discrimination can occur at any one of the following points in the decision process i. ii. iii. iv. v. decision to arrest decision to refer juv to juv court decision to formally process decision to detain juv decision to place in an institution.