The Contexts of Juvenile Justice Decision Making: When Race Matters

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Appendixes 174 APPENDIX 1 Zero-Order Correlations, Means, Standard Deviations, and Range of Social Characteristics and Legal Variables and Decision-Making Stages (N ⫽ 2,020) Bond Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Social Characteristics 1. Race 1.00 2. Gender .09** 1.00 3. Age ⫺.07** ⫺.02 1.00 4. Family .19** .05* ⫺.08** 1.00 status School 5. Attending, –.01 ⫺.04 ⫺.01 .07** 1.00 but problems 6. Not attending .01 .02 .20** .04 – .16** 1.00 Legal 7. Number of .04* ⫺.17** .23** .02 .12** .17** 1.00 prior referrals 8. Court –.01 ⫺.12** .14** .01 .14** .08** .50** 1.00 authority 9. Number of –.02 ⫺.08** .09** .01 .10** .09** .13** .09** current charges 10. Crime .00 ⫺.11** .03 .01 .02 .10** .12** .13** severity 11. Property .07** .03 ⫺.06** .06** .01 .02 .02 .06** 12. Person .06** –.02 ⫺.04 .00 .04 –.04 .01 .00 13. Drugs ⫺.10** –.03 .17** – .05* –.00 .02 .03 .00 Stages 14. Release/ .06** –.09 .17** .03 .08** .17** .40** .41** adjustment vs. further court processing 15. Release vs. –.02 –.01 ⫺.01 ⫺.01 .01 .03 –.01 .05* adjustment/ further court processing 16. Petition –.04 – .09* .10** ⫺.01 –.02 –.02 .07 .02 17. Initial .04 .10* .08 .03 .02 –.02 .25** .20** appearance 18. Adjudication –.00 .04 .02 ⫺.03 .02 –.06 .06 .16** 19. Judicial –.05 –.03 .26** ⫺.09* .06 .18** .34** .11** disposition *p ⬍ .05. **p ⬍ .01. (continued) 175 APPENDIX 1 (cont.) Zero-Order Correlations, Means, Standard Deviations, and Range of Social Characteristics and Legal Variables and Decision-Making Stages (N ⫽ 2,020) Bond 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1.00 .21** 1.00 .08** .37 1.00 ⫺.00 ⫺.07** ⫺.39** 1.00 ⫺.01 ⫺.18** ⫺.42** ⫺.16** 1.00 .19** .36** .12** .03 ⫺.04 1.00 .07** .10** .12** ⫺.09** .02 .27** 1.00 .10** .06 .15** ⫺.08* ⫺.05 — — 1.00 .00 .01 .04 .01 ⫺.01 — — — 1.00 .04 .08 .10* ⫺.05 ⫺.10* — — — — 1.00 .03 ⫺.01 ⫺.11* .03 ⫺.01 — — — — — *p ⬍ .05. **p ⬍ .01. 176 APPENDIX 1 (cont.) Zero–Order Correlations, Means, Standard Deviations, and Range of Social Characteristics and Legal Variables and Decision Making Stages (N ⫽ 2,020) Bond Variable 19 Mean SD Range Social Characteristics 1. Race .10 .30 0–1 2. Gender .19 .39 1–2 3. Age 15.45 1.82 6–18 4. Family .41 .49 0–1 status School 5. Attending, .19 .40 0–1 but problems 6. Not attending .09 .29 0–1 Legal 7. Number of 1.59 2.62 0–22 prior referrals 8. Court .24 .44 0–1 authority 9. Number of 1.30 .80 1–9 current charges 10. Crime .23 .42 0–1 severity 11. Property .51 .50 0–1 12. Person .13 .34 0–1 13. Drugs .14 .35 0–1 Stages 14. Release/ .34 .47 0–1 adjustment vs. further court processing 15. Release vs. .88 .32 0–1 adjustment/ further court processing 16. Petition .94 .24 0–1 17. Initial .78 .41 0–1 appearance 18. Adjudication .87 .33 0–1 19. Judicial 1.00 .60 .49 0–1 disposition *p ⬍ .05. **p ⬍ .01. 177 APPENDIX 2 Zero–Order Correlations, Means, Standard Deviations, and Range of Social Characteristics and Legal Variables and Decision Making Stages (N ⫽ 1,966) Jackson Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Social Characteristics 1. African American 1.00 2. Native American ⫺.09** 1.00 3. Gender ⫺.03 .07** 1.00 4. Age ⫺.07** ⫺.16** .06** 1.00 5. Family status .07** .25** ⫺.07** ⫺1.7** 1.00 School 6. Attending, .08** .13** ⫺.14** ⫺2.0 .10** 1.00 but problems 7. Not attending ⫺.02 .04* ⫺.00 .24** .10** ⫺.14** 1.00 Legal 8. Number of .02 .31** ⫺.11** .05* .20** .21** .14** 1.00 prior referrals 9. Court .10** .11** ⫺.08** .04 .08** .23** .03 .29** authority 10. Number of .02 .07** .04 .08** .01 ⫺.01 .05* .09** current charges 11. Crime .03 ⫺.01 ⫺.13** .11* .02 .12** .15** .08** severity 12. Property .01 ⫺.02 .01 ⫺.11** ⫺.05** ⫺.05** .06** ⫺.08** 13. Person .07** .00 ⫺.07** .06** .05* .08** .04 .07** 14. Drugs Stages 15. Release/ .03 ⫺.04 ⫺.13** .15** .00 .15** .11** .09** adjustment vs. further court processing 16. Release vs. ⫺.05* ⫺.02 ⫺.00 ⫺.02 ⫺.04 .01 ⫺.04* ⫺.04 adjustment/ further court processing 17. Petition ⫺.10 ⫺.07...