Diversion and recidivism: Salt Lake Peer Court unsettling racial and ethnic disparities
Diversion and recidivism: Salt Lake Peer Court unsettling racial and ethnic disparities
Rebecca Y. Owen Ed A. Muñoz Nathanael L. Adams a Department of Sociology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USAb Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USAc Utah Administrative Office of the Courts, USARebecca Y. Owen is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in the Sociology Department and a core affiliated faculty in the Health, Society & Policy program at the University of Utah. Her research interests include criminology with an emphasis on juvenile delinquency, adolescence as a developmental stage, and life course trajectories. Her current research focuses on diversionary programs.Ed A. Muñoz is an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies. In general, his research deals with the Latinx experience in the Inter-Rocky Mountain region of the United States. Along with the ongoing examination on the effectiveness of Salt Lake Peer Court, a longer-term project is a socio-historical analysis on the construction of Latinidad in the Inter-Rocky Mountain region. He is an advocate of community engaged learning and is developing Collaborative Online International Learning opportunities for his students.Nathanael L. Adams earned an MS in Organizational Management – Leadership from Capella University. During his time at the AOC he provided the AOC propensity score matched data, and was involved with several studies and validating the Juvenile Sexual Offense Recidivism Risk Assessment Tool. He is currently working in the banking sector as an automation analyst.