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100 _aJackson, W.T., Neshkova, M.I. and Newman, M.A.
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245 _aFeminine leadership and juvenile justice outcomes: The Florida experience
260 _aPublic Administration Review
300 _a84(3), May-Jun, 2024: p.544-559
520 _aIn this paper, we ask whether female top law enforcement officials can steer justice provision on the ground. While prior research has documented that female street-level bureaucrats advance the interests of their female clients, we know little about how female leaders influence the distribution of street-level outcomes. This study draws on juvenile justice and inquires whether youth arrests and prosecutions vary as a function of the sheriff's and state attorney's sex. We expect counties and circuits led by female sheriffs and state attorneys to experience fewer youth arrests and prosecutions than those led by men, especially among female and minority offenders. Data from Florida's 67 counties between 2015 and 2020 reveal that women's leadership is associated with less severe outcomes for all young offenders, not just females. We also find that gender and feminine leadership theories hold more explanatory power in this context than representative bureaucracy and gendered organizational socialization.- Reproduced https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.13706
650 _aFemale law enforcement leadership, Juvenile justice, Youth arrests, Youth prosecutions, Gender and justice outcomes, Female sheriffs, Female state attorneys, Minority offenders, Feminine leadership theory, Representative bureaucracy, Gendered organizational socialization, Florida counties, 2015–2020, Street-level outcomes, Criminal justice disparities, Leadership impact, Gendered governance, Justice provision, Empirical analysis, Public administration
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773 _aPublic Administration Review
906 _aLEADERSHIP
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