The independent and joint effects of race, crime, and social location on the dispositional decisions of juvenile girls. Issue 2 (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lowery, Patrick G.
• Is Part Of: Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice. Volume 17:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 81
• Page End: 109
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: Juveniles -- black feminism and intersectionality -- criminological theory -- girls in the justice system; Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States -- Periodicals; Crime and race -- United States -- Periodicals; Racism in criminology -- Periodicals; 364.089
• DOI: 10.1080/15377938.2019.1575780
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1537-7938

Abstract

Abstract: The nexus of race, gender, and social location remain a habitual line of inquiry for many criminologists. However, quantitative studies of intersectionality are rare and especially rare as it relates to those studying serious and violent girls sentenced in the juvenile court. Particularly, this study seeks to explore how racialized gender expectations and forms of double/multiplicative jeopardy influence the back-end outcomes for serious and violent girls. Findings reveal the black girls, compared to their white counterparts, were sentenced with less leniency, and instead, punished in a more punitive matter. Importantly, these findings vary across the gamut of legal and extralegal variables. Implications for theory, practice, and future research are discussed, as well as the limitations of the present study.