Juvenile Justice Case Processing

About the Book

This study examines the impact of gender and ethnicity on two-decision stages- adjudication, and disposition- of juvenile justice court case processing in Broward County, Florida during 2002 to 2003 from a sample of the total population of 30,696 juvenile’s referral to the juvenile justice system. The results of the study are as follows: a larger proportion of Blacks at the adjudication stage was found guilty (71%) than Whites (58%), Hispanics (62%), or Other (56%). A larger proportion of males were found guilty than female (31%). The results at the disposition stage are as follows: A small proportion of Blacks received intermediate sanctions (85%) than Whites (89%), Hispanics (86%), or Other (98%). A small proportion of males (84%) received intermediate sanctions than females (95%).

About the Author

Donald G. Campbell is a Ph.D. Candidate at Lynn University and a professor of criminal justice at American Intercontinental University, Weston, Florida and Florida Metropolitan University. Campbell holds a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina Wesleyan College and a master’s degree from Florida International University in criminal justice. He completed his dissertation in October 2006 and he is presently a researching second study on juvenile justice case processing. From 1983 to 2002, he worked as a Probation Officer for the state of Florida. For the past five year, he taught several criminal justice courses in over fifteen criminal justice disciplines, (on line South University), associates, bachelors and master’s level.