2018
DOI: 10.1177/2153368718808351
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Characterizing the Effects of Symbolic and Racial Threat on Charge Modifications in the Juvenile Court

Abstract: African Americans have long been overrepresented in juvenile justice, starting at arrest and all the way through to confinement. Importantly, some scholars argue examining “back-end” processes of juvenile justice and exploring the utility of different theoretical frameworks may aid in explaining African American overrepresentation. Drawing on two similar theoretical explanations, symbolic and racial threat, this study examines whether disparities are explained better by perceived threats to the dominant group … Show more

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“…By implication, moral threat appears to have little influence on juvenile court decisions. Lowery (2018) also cites the symbolic threat perspective as a guiding framework for the study but places the theory within an economic context. His study assesses the role of single motherhood rates in forging negative stereotypes and reactions by Southern juvenile court officials.…”
Section: Theory and Past Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…By implication, moral threat appears to have little influence on juvenile court decisions. Lowery (2018) also cites the symbolic threat perspective as a guiding framework for the study but places the theory within an economic context. His study assesses the role of single motherhood rates in forging negative stereotypes and reactions by Southern juvenile court officials.…”
Section: Theory and Past Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fewer studies examine contextual effects using geographic units that are not counties (e.g., Maroun, 2019; Rodriguez, 2007, 2010, 2013). If race and ethnicity effects may be tied to communities of residence (Lowery, 2018), scholars should place juveniles in contexts below the county-level. Evaluations of conflict theories should then be tested based on the traditional unit of analysis (e.g., county) and another smaller, but theoretically relevant unit of analysis.…”
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confidence: 99%
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