Browsing by Author "Andrew L. Spivak"

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    • Gender and Status Offending: Judicial Paternalism in Juvenile Justice Processing 

      Andrew L. Spivak; Brooke M. Wagner; Jennifer M. Whitmer; Courtney L. Charish (Feminist Criminology, 2014-07-01)
      This study examines the relationship between gender and juvenile justice processing outcomes for status offenders. The feminist criminological concept of judicial paternalism suggests that official justice systems, as ...

    • Inmate Recidivism as a Measure of Private Prison Performance 

      Andrew L. Spivak; Susan F. Sharp (Crime & Delinquency, 2008-07-01)
      The growth of the private corrections industry has elicited interest in the comparative performance of state and private prisons. One way to measure the service quality of private prisons is to examine inmates' postrelease ...