Judicial Disposition. In the present assessment study and consistent with the previous two assessment studies, race is not a statistically significant determinant of judicial decision- making. Tests for the presence of race combination relationships with independent variables also failed to show the existence of such effects with the dependent variable. In the first assessment study by Leiber, race had no main relationship with the dependent variable. However, two race interaction relationships were reported. Older Whites had a reduced probability of a receiving an out-of-home placement than older Blacks who had an increased odds of such an outcome. Being detained had also significant positive relationship with the dependent variable (increased odds of being taken out of the home). This effect was conditioned by race. Blacks held in detention had an increased likelihood of receiving the more severe judicial outcomes than similarly situated White youth once controls were taken into account. In the second assessment study, once again race was not a statistically significant determinant of judicial disposition decision making. Differentiating the results by race, tests comparing coefficients produced two statistically significant interaction relationships. As in the first assessment study, older Whites had decreased odds of receiving an out-of-home placement than other youth, including Blacks. White youth from a single-parent home were found to be less likely to receive the more severe judicial disposition outcome than similarly situated Black youth. The results from the present study, or the 3rd assessment study, did not reveal evidence of such relationships.
Judicial Disposition. In the present assessment study and consistent with the previous three assessment studies, race is not a statistically significant determinant of judicial decision- making. Tests for the presence of race combination relationships with independent variables also failed to show the existence of such effects with the dependent variable. In the first assessment study by Leiber, race had no main relationship with the dependent variable. However, two race interaction relationships were reported. Older Whites had a reduced probability of a receiving an out-of-home placement than older Blacks who had an increased odds of such an outcome. Being detained had also significant positive relationship with the dependent variable (increased odds of being taken out of the home). This effect was conditioned by race. Blacks held in detention had an increased likelihood of receiving the more severe judicial outcomes than similarly situated White youth once controls were taken into account. In the second assessment study, once again race was not a statistically significant determinant of judicial disposition decision making. Differentiating the results by race, tests comparing coefficients produced two statistically significant interaction relationships. As in the first assessment study, older Whites had decreased odds of receiving an out-of-home placement than other youth, including Blacks. White youth from a single-parent home were found to be less likely to receive the more severe judicial disposition outcome than similarly situated Black youth. Again, these relationships were not found in the present study. Transfer. Logistic regression analyses were not conducted for Transfer to adult court due to the lack of variability. That is, there were too few Whites to conduct the analysis for the year 2014 or over the last four years. Almost all youth that received a notice of transfer and are waived are Black. Recall that of the 190 youth that received Notice, 13 were White; 2 Whites were waived to adult court compared to 73 Blacks for 2014. See next Page for summary Summary Leiber- 4th Assessment Study (2014 data) RRI Multivariate Results Referral to Court Overrep. steady/high Secure Detention Overrep. increase Blacks with greater number of charges more likely to be detained Blacks involved in person crime more likely to be detained Blacks/domestic assault more likely to be detained while Whites/domestic assault less likely to be detained Whites/drug offense less likely to be de...
Judicial Disposition. In Column 4 of Table 6, the logistic regression results for predicting judicial disposition outcomes are presented. In the present assessment study, and consistent with the previous four assessment studies, race is not a statistically significant determinant of judicial decision-making. Tests for the presence of race combination relationships with independent variables also failed to show the existence of such effects with the dependent variable. Detention, however, has an effect on disposition outcomes. This relationship is positive suggesting that Blacks who were detained are receiving an out-of-home placement. Because of the instability of the models for Whites, separate regression runs were not conducted for each racial group. Only 8 Whites received a disposition of out-of-home placement compared to 198 Blacks. In the first assessment study by Leiber, race had no main relationship with the dependent variable. However, two race interaction relationships were reported. Older Whites had a reduced probability of a receiving an out-of-home placement than older Blacks who had an increased Table 6. Logistic Regression Results - Adjudication, Judicial Disposition Adjudication Judicial Disposition Full White Black Full Variable (1) (2) (3) (4) Race .09a - - .35 (1.09) (1.41) Gender .43 -b .30 -1.30** (1.54) - (1.35) (.27) Age -.56** -.43* -.57** .07 (.57) (.65) (.56) (1.08) School status .10 -.42 .18 .29 (1.11) (.66) (1.20) (1.33) Special education .67** 1.45 .66** -.67* (1.96) (4.27) (1.94) (.51) Own home, one parent .32 .06 .37 -.71* (1.38) (1.06) (1.45) (.49) Home of relatives .57* -.57 .74** -.13 (1.76) (.57) (2.10) (.88) Prior referrals -.06** .07 -.06** .26** (.95) (1.07) (.94) (1.30) Custody .75** .72 .77** -.23 (2.12) (2.05) (2.16) (.79) # Charges -.18* .21 -.20* .09 (.84) (1.24) (.82) (1.09) Crime severity -.67** .20 -.78** .19 (.51) (1.22) (.46) (1.21) Property -.02 .68 -.06 -.56 (.98) (1.98) (.95) (.57) Person -.78** -.65 -.78** -.54 (.46) (.52) (.46) (.58) Domestic -.43 -b -.34 -1.25 (.65) - (.71) (.29) Drugs .19 .69 .08 -2.02** (1.20) (2.00) (1.08) (.13) Detention -.64** -1.17 -.58** 1.35** (.53) (.31) (.56) (3.86) -2 Log Likelihood 1444.50 102.61 1328.27 850.71
