10/29/02
Report
This paper examines the pretrial detention of juveniles in County X located in a northeastern state… (N=642)… adjudicated delinquent in the summer of 2000… Several variables were found to be significant in increasing the odds of pretrial detention: probation violations, prior misdemeanors, prior residential placements, prior community interventions, age, sex, urban address, felonies, prior violent misdemeanors, and prior violent felonies… Also included is supplemental material based on interviews with defense lawyers, judges, masters, and juvenile probation officers.’ [article abstract]