STRUCTURE AND RANDOMNESS IN A JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM (FROM CRIME AND JUSTICE, 1971-1972 - AN AMS ANTHOLOGY, 1974 BY JACKWELL SUSMAN - SEE NCJ-28615)

• NCJ Number: 28629
• Author(s): L TEPPERMAN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: AMS Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TWO MASSACHUSETTS JUVENILE COURTS ARE THE SETTING FOR THIS STUDY ON WHETHER A COMPLETELY RANDOM METHOD OF DECIDING ON JUVENILES' DISPOSTIONS WOULD BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS THE ACTUAL 'STRUCTURED' METHOD.

Abstract

THERE IS SUCH A DIVERSITY OF ALTERNATIVES FOR JUVENILES' DISPOSITIONS THAT IT SEEMED TO THE AUTHOR THAT CONSISTENT HANDLING OF THE JUVENILES WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. HE FOUND THAT CHOOSING DISPOSITION ALTERNATIVES RANDOMLY PRODUCED A PREDICTED SUCCESS RATE AS HIGH AS THE COURTS PRODUCED WITH A COMPLICATED AND DISORGANIZED CLASSIFICATION PROCESS.