Dr. Sara Bryson (Criminal Justice) will present “Juvenile Waiver Decisions: Does Gender ‘Matter’?” as part of Gender to a Tea. 

Research has consistently found the presence of extra-legal disparities in juvenile justice decision-making, but less is known about the combined effects of a juvenile’s gender and race on the decision to transfer youth to adult court.

This talk outlines findings from a study in one Northeast state from 2004-2014 and demonstrates that while gender does “matter,” there are also important implications for the combined effects of gender and race.

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Gender to a Tea is a speakers’ series designed to help gender-focused researchers by fielding questions from attendees about the presenters’ ongoing, unpublished research.

The series – which is free and open to the public - is sponsored by the Gender Studies Program, Gender Studies Executive Board, and Harriot College of Arts and Sciences.