The research psychologist was also permitted to present an "expert opinion" concerning the quality of the evaluations and findings of the three court appointed psychologists charged with determining the adjudicative competency of the juvenile defendant. The work also considers evidence of a surreptitious ...
John M. StuartAmy K. R. Zaske
++ JD Candidate 2006, William Mitchell College of Law. I would like to sincerely thank my co-author for the opportunity to work with him on this article. His creative and dedicated work has greatly enhanced ...
New Juvenile Drug Court Looking to Expand in St. Johns County; HELPING YOUNG OFFENDERS Adjudication Can Be Withheld If a Participant Agrees to Drug Tests, Curfews and Other RulesByline: DANA TREEN ST. AUGUSTINE -For three teenagers who appeared separately before Circuit...Treen, Dana...
Presents a critical analysis of a study purporting to show that juveniles who are adjudicated delinquent at first offense are less likely to go on to prison in adulthood than are first offenders who are more leniently treated. Study flaws pertaining to sample selection; Exclusion of nonadjudicated...
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Does who appears before the juvenile court matter on adjudication and disposition outcomes? The interaction between client race and lawyer type: Contemporary Issues of Offending Behavior and Judicial Responsesdoi:10.4324/9781315268408-9Jennifer H. Peck a...
Does who appears before the juvenile court matter on adjudication and disposition outcomes? The interaction between client race and lawyer typedoi:10.1080/0735648X.2015.1133447Peck, Jennifer H.Beaudry-Cyr, MaudeJournal of Crime and Justice
juvenile court outcomesIt has been established throughout the juvenile justice literature that controlling for both legal and extra-legal factors, minority youth tend to receive disadvantaged juvenile court outcomes compared to similarly situated whites. Prior research has also found that the effect of ...
Constructing Competent Youth: A Mixed-Method Analysis of a Pre-adjudication Decision in Juvenile CourtHarvey, Angela