NDLI: Judicial Waiver Decisions in Two Southern States: A Study of Judicial Perceptions

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Author	Keenan, Sheri Jenkins Rush, Jeffrey P. Cheeseman, Kelly A.
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	In 2007, nearly fourteen thousand juveniles were waived to the adult criminal court. Sending juveniles to the adult criminal justice system continues to be a significant mechanism for the increase in accountability; adult time for adult crime. Numerous studies have examined the factors that increase the juvenile’s likelihood of being waived. This process generally involves examining case files of juvenile offenders already waived to the adult criminal court. These types of studies obtain information on juvenile offenders’ age, race, gender, type of crime committed, prior criminal history, and family structure. Although this information is important these types of studies do not look at how characteristics of juvenile court judges affect their perceptions of the factors they consider in their waiver decisions. This study sought to examine the relationship between individual characteristics of juvenile court judges; race, age, gender, political party affiliation, tenure on the bench, way in which the judge acquired his/her position, previous position, and jurisdiction, and their perceptions regarding judicial waiver. The results indicate that jurisdiction was a significant predictor variable of juvenile court judges’ perceptions regarding judicial waiver. Juvenile court judges in suburban jurisdictions were less likely than juvenile court judges in urban and rural jurisdictions to believe transferring juveniles to the adult criminal justice system deterred crime. In addition, although not statistically significant, gender and race did show some interesting results. Suggestions for future research are offered. The researchers acknowledges that there are differences in the definitions for the words transfer and waiver; however, to reduce confusion and for the purposes of this study, the word waiver will be used for both.
Starting Page	100
Ending Page	115
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10662316
Journal	American Journal of Criminal Justice
Volume Number	40
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	19361351
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2014-04-17
Publisher Institution	Southern Criminal Justice Association
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Waiver Waived Juvenile court Juvenile court judge Juvenile justice Criminology & Criminal Justice
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Law

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