Criminal justice contact is a prevalent, if not expected, life event for many high-risk individuals with deleterious consequences; yet, many individuals at high risk are able to avoid this contact (i.e. negative cases exist). In this study, we draw on the life course framework and utilize negative case analysis to (1) estimate the prevalence of criminal justice avoidance within a sample of structurally high-risk Black men and (2) explore the individual, familial and contextual factors in childhood and adolescence that distinguish these negative cases. One's own 'on-time' and one's siblings' education emerge as particularly strong protective factors suggesting that the presence of unique protection, as opposed to the absence of risk, may be most salient. Theoretical implications are discussed.

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怎样保护高风险人士免遭刑事司法接触？负面案例分析

刑事司法联系是许多高风险个人普遍的生活事件，如果没有预期的话，会带来有害的后果；但是，许多处于高风险中的人却能够避免这种接触（即存在负面案例）。在这项研究中，我们借鉴了生命历程的框架，并运用负面案例分析来（1）在结构性高风险的黑人样本中估算避免刑事司法的普遍程度，以及（2）探索个体中的家庭，家庭和背景因素儿童和青少年区分出这些阴性病例。一个人自己的“准时”教育和一个兄弟姐妹的教育作为特别强大的保护因素而出现，表明存在独特的保护而不是没有风险是最明显的。理论意义进行了讨论。