Decoupling the Labeling Tradition

Jonathan W. Caudill, Brie Diamond, Stephanie Karas, Matt DeLisiAuthor BiographiesJonathan W. Caudill is an associate professor and director of the Master of Criminal Justice Program at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, His research focuses on formal social control and recidivism, Brie Diamond is an assistant professor at Texas Christian University, Her work can be found in outlets such as Journal of Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Behavior, and Crime and Delinquency, and she makes a mean apple pie, Stephanie Karas is a lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice and Social Work at the University of Houston, Downtown and ABD doctoral candidate at Sam Houston State University, Her research interests include criminal justice policy, and media, Matt DeLisi is a professor and coordinator of Criminal Justice Studies and Faculty Affiliate with the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Published online on January 27, 2017

Abstract

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Ahead of Print.
Scholars have tested Becker’s master status thesis on criminal justice system outcomes, yet have been unable to disentangle the label from behavioral characteristics. To clarify the effects of labels, we used archival juvenile court data to test Becker’s ...