The influence of race,gender, family,and employment status on probationer sanctioning for noncompliance |
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Authors: | Danielle M. Romain Dagenhardt |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Criminal Justice &2. Criminology, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USAdmromain@uwm.edu |
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Abstract: | AbstractAlthough there is substantial attention to judicial decision-making during sentencing, fewer studies have examined decision-making post sentencing. Further, the interactions of probationer race and additional background factors have been under studied in post-sentencing decision-making. This study utilizes the focal concerns perspective to examine whether race interacts with gender, family status, and employment status in predicting sanctioning probationers for noncompliance. A sample of probation review hearings within an eight-month period in three domestic violence courts were selected. Results demonstrate that race does not interact with other background factors in influencing a jail sanction, while non-compliant behaviors are the strongest predictors. |
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Keywords: | Focal concerns gender judicial decision-making probation race |
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