Racial Disparities in the Acquisition of Juvenile Arrest Records

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Raphael, Steven; Rozo, Sandra V.
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Berkeley; University of Southern California
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/701068
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: S125-S159
• 关键词: motor-vehicle searches; BIAS

摘要

We document racial and ethnic disparities in the propensity of law enforcement to formally book juvenile arrests. A fair share of these disparities can be attributed to differences in arrest offense severity and arrest history as well as cross-agency differences in practice. The disparities are the largest for age ranges and offenses where the greatest discretion is exercised. We explore whether booked arrests increase the likelihood of future arrests and bookings exploiting the discontinuity in the booking probability at age 18. The results suggest sizable effects of a prior booking on the likelihood of a future arrest and subsequent booking.