Article
Juvenile Female Arrests: A Holistic Explanation of Organization Functioning
Women & Criminal Justice
(2003)
Abstract
This paper elaborates on feminist theory using Emerson's (1983) notion of holistic effects. We propose that the processing of juvenile female status offenders may vary systematically with the level of sex crimes in a community. This hypothesis is tested using a time series analysis of monthly status arrests in a Midwestern city. Our models indicate a significant increase in female status arrests at one “intervention” point, but no changes were found for male status arrest levels. We conclude that heterogeneity of processing of female offenders within single jurisdictions is an important avenue for future theoretical and empirical exploration.
Keywords
- Status offenders,
- feminist theory,
- policing and juveniles
Disciplines
Publication Date
August 19, 2003
DOI
10.1300/J012v14n04_03
Citation Information
John D. McCluskey, Cynthia Perez McCluskey and Beth Huebner. "Juvenile Female Arrests: A Holistic Explanation of Organization Functioning" Women & Criminal Justice Vol. 14 Iss. 4 (2003) p. 35 - 51 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/beth-huebner/40/