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Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Noncompliance with Juvenile Court Supervision

Hilary Smith

Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Nancy Rodriguez

School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Arizona State University

Marjorie S. Zatz

School of Justice & Social Inquiry, Arizona State University

Determination of whether a youth is compliant with the conditions of probation and, if not, how to ensure future compliance is an important intermediate stage in juvenile court decision making. Yet, little is known about the conditions under which noncompliance is or is not documented in the youth's file, what happens to noncompliant youth, and whether documentation of noncompliance is influenced by race and class. Probation officers necessarily make recommendations based on incomplete knowledge, the very circumstances under which research has demonstrated that racial biases are most likely to surface. The authors analyze juvenile court data to examine whether and how documentation of noncompliance is affected by race, ethnicity, and class. Logistic regression demonstrates that black youth and youth from poorer neighborhoods are especially likely to have noncompliance documented. Content analysis of court social files clarifies further how race, class, family structure, and family circumstances affect officials' assessments of youth.

Key Words: race • class • juveniles • probation

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 623, No. 1, 108-120 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208330488
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