NCJ Number
101470
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1986) Pages: 47-79
Date Published
1986
Length
33 pages
Annotation
Propositions endemic to labeling theory, and variables particularly relevant to these propositions, are combined into a guiding paradigm.
Abstract
Components of this labeling paradigm are then tested in an experimentally controlled police diversion project in which juvenile offenders of mid-range seriousness are assigned to release, community treatment, and court petition conditions. Results provide support for some labeling propositions but not others, and are seen as specifying some of the variables that delimit the policy implications of labeling theory. (Publisher abstract)