TY - JOUR
T1 - Arrests among homeless and runaway youths
T2 - The effects of race and gender
AU - Yoder, Kevin A.
AU - Muñoz, Ed A.
AU - Whitbeck, Les B.
AU - Hoyt, Dan R.
AU - McMorris, Barbara J.
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - This study examined the contributions of race and gender to the likelihood of a first post-run arrest for a more serious and less serious offense in a sample of homeless and runaway youths from four Midwestern states. Event history analysis was used to test the hypothesis that race and gender would interact so that the likelihood of a first post-run arrest for a more serious and less serious offense would be highest for non-white males and non-white females, respectively. Potentially confounding factors—deviant subsistence strategies, substance use, gang involvement and membership, prior arrests, age, prior physical abuse, age on own, and spending time on the street—were controlled in the analyses. The hypotheses regarding the interaction of race and gender were not supported by the data. Non-whites were more likely than whites, and males were more likely than females, to be arrested for a more serious offense, and white females were more likely than non-white females to be arrested for a less serious offense.
AB - This study examined the contributions of race and gender to the likelihood of a first post-run arrest for a more serious and less serious offense in a sample of homeless and runaway youths from four Midwestern states. Event history analysis was used to test the hypothesis that race and gender would interact so that the likelihood of a first post-run arrest for a more serious and less serious offense would be highest for non-white males and non-white females, respectively. Potentially confounding factors—deviant subsistence strategies, substance use, gang involvement and membership, prior arrests, age, prior physical abuse, age on own, and spending time on the street—were controlled in the analyses. The hypotheses regarding the interaction of race and gender were not supported by the data. Non-whites were more likely than whites, and males were more likely than females, to be arrested for a more serious offense, and white females were more likely than non-white females to be arrested for a less serious offense.
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U2 - 10.1080/0735648X.2005.9721206
DO - 10.1080/0735648X.2005.9721206
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84975688645
SN - 0735-648X
VL - 28
SP - 35
EP - 58
JO - Journal of Crime and Justice
JF - Journal of Crime and Justice
IS - 1
ER -