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Statewide Assessment of DMC in the Virginia Juvenile Justice System: Final Report Table 2.7. Intake Disposition, FY 2007 Through FY2010 Intake Disposition Frequency Percent Resolved Without Judicial Action Resolved 1,539 5.9% Referred to Another Agency for Service 921 3.5% Complaint Unfounded 373 1.4% Unofficial Counseling–Family Counseling 135 0.5% Detention Order Only 128 0.5% Pending 44 0.2% Returned to Probation Supervision 9 0.0% Shelter Care Only 4 0.0% Returned to Out of State 1 0.0% Subtotal 3,154 12.1% Diversion Required to Participate in Diversion 5,203 20.0% Forwarded for Formal Court Action Petition Filed 10,380 39.8% Petition/Detention Order Filed 4,306 16.5% Court Summons 1,208 4.6% Petition/Shelter Care Filed 816 3.1% Unsuccessful Diversion/Petition Filed 709 2.7% Adjusted to Formal Action 204 0.8% Accepted Through Interstate Compact 87 0.3% Consent Signed/Petition Filed 2 0.0% Subtotal 17,712 67.9% Total 26,069 100.0% In other words, roughly two thirds of cases that come to the Juvenile Justice Intake process are taken for court action of some form, while one out of three cases is resolved within the intake unit—primarily through use of diversion programs. When the Formal versus Informal 2–13
Statewide Assessment of DMC in the Virginia Juvenile Justice System: Final Report actions are examined separately by major Race and Ethnicity groups and by community, the results are outlined in table 2.8, below. Table 2.8. Intake Resolution of Incident, by Major Race and Ethnicity Groups, FY 2007 Through FY2010 Intake Resolution of Incident Resolved Without Court Action Major Race and Ethnicity Groups African American Hispanic White Total 1893 a 441 b 820 b 3154 13.0% 11.2% 10.9% 12.1% Diverted 3021 a 534 b 1723 c 5278 20.7% 13.6% 22.9% 20.2% Petition Filed 9687 a 2961 b 4989 a 17637 66.3% 75.2% 66.2% 67.7% Total 14601 3936 7532 26069 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Each subscript letter denotes a subset of major race and ethnicity groups categories whose column proportions do not differ significantly from each other at the .05 level. When examined across all three communities combined, there appear to be some differences in the intake process outcomes. While African American and white youths have petitions filed at essentially the same rate (66 percent), Hispanic youths are more likely to have their cases move to court through a formal petition (75 percent). White youths are more likely to have their cases diverted than either African American or Hispanic youths, and though the differences in diversion are small between white and African American youths, they are statistically significant and “favor” the cases involving white youths. For Hispanic youths, the use of informal process is somewhat lower, at roughly one fourth of the cases involving Hispanic youth stopping at the intake stage. In terms of finding resolution without judicial action or without diversion, the differences again are small, but statistically significant, and show a slightly higher rate of resolution for cases involving African American youths. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF INTAKE DECISION-MAKING Up to this point we have examined the difference in percentages of various outcomes, without attempting to “control” for other variables. To move to multivariate analyses and introduce statistical controls, we need to introduce the metric used to compare the effects of each variable. The metric used in logistic regression is termed the “odds ratio.” Like the RRI, which is used to assess DMC at the identification stage of DMC analysis, the odds ratio is a comparison of the effects of two groups. Consider the use of a formal petition as the outcome of the intake stage. We use as a comparison outcome as “Resolved Without Court Action.” For cases involving African American youths, the number of cases petitioned was 9,687, while 1,893 were resolved without court action. The odds of a petition being filed are thus 5.12 to 1 (9,687 / 1,893). Using the same calculation, the odds of a case involving a white youth resulting in a petition are 6.08 to 1. (4,989 / 820), and the odds for an Hispanic youth are 6.71 (2,961 / 441). If we create the ratio of the odds for African American and white youths, we find that the odds of a petition are lower for African American youth; the 2–14
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