Explaining Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System: Political Control vs. Representative Bureaucracy

• In Event: Racial Disparities & Discrimination: Policy and Bureaucratic Responses

Brief Overview

Study examines how representative bureaucracy can better explain the outputs and outcomes of Florida’s juvenile justice system in terms of disparities in youth arrest rates, alternatives, and prosecutions than political control of bureaucracy.

Authors

• William T. Jackson, Florida International University

• Milena I. Neshkova, Florida International University