“…In some research, the influence of extralegal factors dissolves after legal factors are controlled (Belknap, 2001;Carter, 1979;Clarke & Koch, 1980;Dannefer & Schutt, 1982;Fenwick, 1982;Kempf-Leonard & Sontheimer, 1995;Phillips & Dinitz, 1982;Teilmann & Landry, 1981). However, other research has revealed that extralegal factors continue to influence juvenile court outcomes even when legal factors are included (Bishop, 2005;Bishop & Frazier, 1996;Bray, Sample, & Kempf-Leonard, 2005;Conley, 1994;Frazier & Bishop, 1995;Guevara, Herz, & Spohn, 2006;Guevara, Spohn, & Herz, 2004;Leiber, 1994;Thornberry & Christensen, 1984;Wordes & Bynum, 1995;Wordes et al, 1994). Pope and Feyerherm's (1990) review of 46 studies on juvenile court outcomes emphasized the need to take extralegal factors such as race into consideration.…”