This paper reports on a systematic review and meta-analysis of disproportionate minority
contact in the juvenile justice system. A total of 79 independent samples were analyzed from …

This article develops a sociological analysis and critique of including socioeconomic factors
such as education, employment, income and housing in risk assessment tools that inform …

Om de relatief hoge recidive onder (ex-) gedetineerden terug te dringen, wordt al tijdens
detentie gewerkt aan re-integratie. Een belangrijk onderdeel van het re-integratiebeleid is …

This study used a qualitative design to investigate police officer decision-making processes
within the context of the focal concerns framework. A sample of 25 metropolitan police …

Research on legal and extralegal disparity in criminal sentencing has been conducted
primarily in the United States, and, to a lesser extent, in select European nations. Largely …

Objectives The objective of this study is to estimate the price of retribution. Methods Based
on administrative data on all sentences in the Netherlands in 2012 and recidivism from 2012 …

Drawing on Feld's (1991)“justice by geography” thesis, we examined whether juvenile court
outcomes and case-level influences on those outcomes varied across urban and rural …

In the context of the criminal justice system, the minority threat hypothesis posits that a
growing minority population will exacerbate racial and ethnic disparities as those in power …

The penal repertoire for young offenders in Europe encompasses an increasing variety of
alternative sanctions. Research indicates that the availability and implementation of these …

Foreign nationals are increasingly encountering the criminal justice institutions of many
European countries. Yet, basic questions about how they are punished within these …