In 1970, Donald Black and Albert J. Reiss, Jr. presented a series of eight
propositions which they suggested provided the beginning of an empirical por
trait of the policing of juveniles. The present study replicates their research,
based upon comparative data separated by four years and many miles. Exten
sive support for their earlier conclusions is reported, but a number of sub-
propositions, clarifications, and extensions are also advanced. Several of the
theoretical and empirical implications of these findings are then considered.
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