This paper describes a pilot project implemented in Milwaukee's Juvenile Court, which was designed as a preliminary feasibility study to assess whether a change in court procedures could alter young offenders’ engagement in the court process and enhance their relationship with the juvenile court judge. Participants in the pilot engaged in regular monthly conversations with the juvenile judge and other legal actors in an informal context focused on collaborative planning and problem solving. The procedural justice and legal socialization literature suggests that these changes in interactions and relationships might facilitate the development of a “consensus” orientation to legal authority associated with a shared trust in the law and a voluntary acceptance of its legitimacy. This paper offers an evaluation of the pilot project using a quasi-ethnographic approach based on observational data and interviews with participants. Although the original focus of the pilot was on the relationship between the young offenders and the judge and on the impact of that relationship on the youths’ attitudes, it became evident, over the course of the study, that the impact of the engagement was felt on both sides of the relationship, and that it was not limited to the judge and the youth. The paper explores the potential value of “reciprocal socialization”—socialization of legal authorities by the subjects with whom they interact—to the successful achievement of the juvenile justice system's aims.

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密尔沃基青年参与试点：少年法庭互惠法律社会化的证据

本文描述了在密尔沃基少年法庭实施的试点项目，该项目旨在作为初步可行性研究来评估法庭程序的变化是否会改变年轻罪犯对法庭程序的参与并加强他们与少年法庭法官的关系。试点的参与者每月定期与少年法官和其他法律行为者在非正式的环境中进行对话，重点是协作规划和解决问题。程序正义和法律社会化文献表明，相互作用和关系的这些变化可能促进对法律权威的“共识”取向的发展，与对法律的共同信任和对其合法性的自愿接受相关联。本文基于观察数据和对参与者的采访，使用准人种学方法对试点项目进行了评估。虽然试点的最初重点是年轻罪犯与法官之间的关系以及这种关系对青少年态度的影响，但在研究过程中，很明显，参与的影响是感受到的双方的关系，并不仅限于法官和青年。本文探讨了“互惠社会化”——法律权威的社会化——与他们互动的主体——对成功实现少年司法系统目标的潜在价值。虽然试点的最初重点是年轻罪犯与法官之间的关系以及这种关系对青少年态度的影响，但在研究过程中，很明显，参与的影响是感受到的双方的关系，并不仅限于法官和青年。本文探讨了“互惠社会化”——法律权威的社会化——与他们互动的主体——对成功实现少年司法系统目标的潜在价值。虽然试点的最初重点是年轻罪犯与法官之间的关系以及这种关系对青少年态度的影响，但在研究过程中，很明显，参与的影响是感受到的双方的关系，并不仅限于法官和青年。本文探讨了“互惠社会化”——法律权威的社会化——与他们互动的主体——对成功实现少年司法系统目标的潜在价值。并且它不仅限于法官和青年。本文探讨了“互惠社会化”——法律权威通过与之互动的主体的社会化——对成功实现少年司法系统目标的潜在价值。并且它不仅限于法官和青年。本文探讨了“互惠社会化”——法律权威通过与之互动的主体的社会化——对成功实现少年司法系统目标的潜在价值。