Assignment 6 – Juvenile Justice
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Updated on: 04/15/2016 12:37 PM Due on: 04/15/2016
Assignment 6 – Juvenile Justice
The Florida Legislature’s Committee on Criminal Justice has heard reports from its constituency
that there is differential treatment between males and females in how long they remain in
juvenile detention after they are charged with crime, with males spending more time in
detention than females. State Senator Harvey Farquart and Representative Indira Sharaham
have asked the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice to look into this matter, and you, as the
Chief Analyst for the DJJ, have been tasked with addressing these concerns.
Using the most recent fiscal year, 2012, which ran from July 2011 to June 2012, your staff
created the following table that summarizes the data for days in detention by gender and type
of offense.
Report
DaysinDetention
Gender OffenseType Mean N Std. Deviation Median Minimum Maximum
female
non violent offense or
contempt of court
15.0357 28 23.60239 4.0000 1.00 95.00
violent charge 7.5455 11 8.75630 5.0000 1.00 29.00
Total 12.9231 39 20.67974 5.0000 1.00 95.00
male
non violent offense or
contempt of court
20.8455 110 22.57513 11.0000 1.00 101.00
violent charge 38.8437 32 43.46679 27.0000 1.00 154.00
Total 24.9014 142 29.43325 13.0000 1.00 154.00
Total
non violent offense or
contempt of court
19.6667 138 22.82025 9.0000 1.00 101.00
violent charge 30.8372 43 40.04636 16.0000 1.00 154.00
Total 22.3204 181 28.16533 9.0000 1.00 154.00
Write a formal summary of your findings following the Assignment 6 guidelines and using the
appropriate charts or tables to answer the question of whether males spend more time in
detention than females along with whether there are gendered offending patterns that might
also explain the differential. Do not simply copy and paste the above table – you must create
something new.
The Florida Legislature’s Committee on Criminal Justice has heard reports from its constituency
that there is differential treatment between males and females in how long they remain in
juvenile detention after they are charged with crime, with males spending more time in
detention than females. State Senator Harvey Farquart and Representative Indira Sharaham
have asked the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice to look into this matter, and you, as the
Chief Analyst for the DJJ, have been tasked with addressing these concerns.
Using the most recent fiscal year, 2012, which ran from July 2011 to June 2012, your staff
created the following table that summarizes the data for days in detention by gender and type
of offense.
Report
DaysinDetention
Gender OffenseType Mean N Std. Deviation Median Minimum Maximum
female
non violent offense or
contempt of court
15.0357 28 23.60239 4.0000 1.00 95.00
violent charge 7.5455 11 8.75630 5.0000 1.00 29.00
Total 12.9231 39 20.67974 5.0000 1.00 95.00
male
non violent offense or
contempt of court
20.8455 110 22.57513 11.0000 1.00 101.00
violent charge 38.8437 32 43.46679 27.0000 1.00 154.00
Total 24.9014 142 29.43325 13.0000 1.00 154.00
Total
non violent offense or
contempt of court
19.6667 138 22.82025 9.0000 1.00 101.00
violent charge 30.8372 43 40.04636 16.0000 1.00 154.00
Total 22.3204 181 28.16533 9.0000 1.00 154.00
Write a formal summary of your findings following the Assignment 6 guidelines and using the
appropriate charts or tables to answer the question of whether males spend more time in
detention than females along with whether there are gendered offending patterns that might
also explain the differential. Do not simply copy and paste the above table – you must create
something new.
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Rating:
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Solution: Assignment 6 – Juvenile Justice