Alison S Burke
Biographic Data
| ID | 178582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison S Burke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison S |
| FAMILY NAME | Burke |
| SIGNATURE | BURKE A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ashland (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Trends of the Time: An Examination of Judicial Waiver in One State
During the 1990s and 2000s, nearly every state revised its laws or adopted new legislation facilitating the transfer of juvenile offenders from juvenile court to criminal court. Previously, transfer was reserved for the “worst juveniles”, or those youths who were charged with serious violent offenses. This paper compares and contrasts girls and boys who were judicially waived to adult court in one state from 1994 to 2000. These data suggest that …
Chambliss, William J.
William J. Chambliss has spent more than five decades researching criminology and sociology of the law. He has received numerous awards and accolades for his outstanding contributions to theory and research. Chambliss has published more than 20 books about conflict criminology and social problems. His scholarly work include subjects such as organized crime, gang members, corrupt politicians, and the urban poor; he has advanced the study of inequa…
Adjudication Decisions of Black, White, Hispanic, and Native American Youth in Juvenile Court
The current study examines the likelihood of adjudication for White, Black, Hispanic, and Native American juveniles in an urban county in Arizona. The study utilized the focal concerns perspective as the theoretical framework to explain racial and ethnical differences. The findings indicate that Hispanic and Native American youths had greater odds of adjudication than White youths. When examining race or ethnic and gender relationships, White gir…
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Adjudication Decisions of Black, White, Hispanic, and Native American Youth in Juvenile Court
The current study examines the likelihood of adjudication for White, Black, Hispanic, and Native American juveniles in an urban county in Arizona. The study utilized the focal concerns perspective as the theoretical framework to explain racial and ethnical differences. The findings indicate that Hispanic and Native American youths had greater odds of adjudication than White youths. When examining race or ethnic and gender relationships, White gir…
Chambliss, William J.
William J. Chambliss has spent more than five decades researching criminology and sociology of the law. He has received numerous awards and accolades for his outstanding contributions to theory and research. Chambliss has published more than 20 books about conflict criminology and social problems. His scholarly work include subjects such as organized crime, gang members, corrupt politicians, and the urban poor; he has advanced the study of inequa…
Trends of the Time: An Examination of Judicial Waiver in One State
During the 1990s and 2000s, nearly every state revised its laws or adopted new legislation facilitating the transfer of juvenile offenders from juvenile court to criminal court. Previously, transfer was reserved for the “worst juveniles”, or those youths who were charged with serious violent offenses. This paper compares and contrasts girls and boys who were judicially waived to adult court in one state from 1994 to 2000. These data suggest that …
Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Juvenile (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)