TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Demographic Variables on Public Opinion Regarding Juvenile Justice
T2 - Implications for Public Policy
AU - Schwartz, Ira M.
AU - Guo, Shenyang
AU - Kerbs, John J.
PY - 1993/1
Y1 - 1993/1
N2 - This article examines data from a 1991 national public opinion survey on attitudes toward juvenile crime/justice. Specifically, it explores the relationship between demographic variables and opinions toward trying juveniles in adult courts, giving them adult sentences, and sentencing them to adult prisons. The findings indicate that a majority of typical respondents favor trying juveniles in adult courts for serious felonies. Additionally, punitive attitudes toward juveniles decrease up to a certain age, usually around 50, and then increase. Findings also show that African-American parents are more supportive of punitive juvenile justice policies than other racial/ethnic groups with and without children.
AB - This article examines data from a 1991 national public opinion survey on attitudes toward juvenile crime/justice. Specifically, it explores the relationship between demographic variables and opinions toward trying juveniles in adult courts, giving them adult sentences, and sentencing them to adult prisons. The findings indicate that a majority of typical respondents favor trying juveniles in adult courts for serious felonies. Additionally, punitive attitudes toward juveniles decrease up to a certain age, usually around 50, and then increase. Findings also show that African-American parents are more supportive of punitive juvenile justice policies than other racial/ethnic groups with and without children.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/21144479095
U2 - 10.1177/0011128793039001002
DO - 10.1177/0011128793039001002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:21144479095
SN - 0011-1287
VL - 39
SP - 5
EP - 28
JO - Crime and Delinquency
JF - Crime and Delinquency
IS - 1
ER -