Prosecuting Adolescents in Juvenile and Criminal Jurisdictions in Selected Counties in New Jersey and New York, 1992-1993
Description
A different model of justice is assumed to be reflected in
the prosecution of adolescents in juvenile jurisdictions compared to
criminal jurisdictions, with a juvenile justice model in the juvenile
jurisdiction and a criminal justice model in the criminal jurisdiction.
These two models of justice are believed to be very different from one
another across three dimensions: formality of case processing,
evaluation of defendants, and punishment. This research project compared
the prosecution and punishment of adolescent felony offenders in the New
Jersey juvenile jurisdiction and the New York criminal jurisdiction to
determine whether these two models of justice varied across the two
jurisdiction types. Data from this collection were used by the
researcher only to examine the dimension of punishment severity across
jurisdiction types and across courts within each jurisdiction type. Data
were collected on comparable cases of adolescent felony offenders from
counties in New Jersey and New York. Due to the very different
boundaries between juvenile and criminal jurisdictions in these adjacent
states, the data include cases (matched by offense and offender age) in
New Jersey's juvenile jurisdiction and New York's criminal jurisdiction.
Cases of 15- and 16-year-old defendants who had been charged with
aggravated assault, robbery, or burglary in three counties of New Jersey
and three counties of New York City in 1992 and 1993 were sampled.
Variables include offender characteristics, such as age at offense, sex,
race, and ethnicity, offense characteristics, court action and
sentencing information, state, and county.
Resources
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ICPSR03976.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03976.v1 |
Tags
- criminal-justice-system
- adolescents
- jurisdiction
- prosecution
- criminal-courts
- punishment
- juvenile-offenders
- case-processing
- juvenile-courts