The Tariff, Social Inquiry Reports and the Sentencing of Juveniles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8403368 |
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| Authors | ELIZABATH STAFFORD, John M Hill (0000-0003-2484-3670, HM Prison and Probation Service), JOHN HILL (0000-0002-7930-8539) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 411-420 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a047691 |
| OpenAlex | W2419619507 |
| Language | EN |
Based on a sample of 1,561 cares, this paper examines how type of offence, previous convictions, previous disposals and social inquiry report recommendations intuence juvenile court sententing decisions. Multiple regression analysis is used to determine the relative predictive power of these variables. While type of previous court disposal and current offence(s) were powerful factors, it was found that the inclusion of the social inquiry report recommendation as an additional variable greatly improved prediction of the court outcome. The findings have implications for how social workers and probation officers present information to the court
Criminology · Economics · Library science · Management · Officer · Political science · Sociology · Tariff · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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