A Review: 17-Year-Old Offenders in the Adult Criminal Justice System: Department of Corrections
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
May. 02, 2008
ANNOTATION: Issues surrounding the placement of 17-year-old offenders in the Wisconsin adult criminal justice system are examined. Sections comprising this report are: report highlights; introduction; arrests; court proceedings; county jails; state correctional system; probation revocation and recidivism; and future considerations. Appendixes include: 2005 Wisconsin population data; county criminal case filings against 17-year-olds; county sentencing practices in felony cases filed against 17-year-olds; sentencing in cases filed as misdemeanors and criminal traffic; program availability by facility; costs of supervision in the adult correctional system; court jurisdiction over juveniles in selected states; juvenile correctional institutions; criminal court jurisdiction over juveniles in Wisconsin; youth aids funding allocated to counties; and agency response. Wisconsin is one of 13 states that automatically treat 17-year-olds as adults. Returning 17-year-olds to the juvenile justice system will result in added costs. Costs per adult in jails, prison, or probation are respectively $18,000, $27,600, and $2,100, while those same costs for juveniles run $55,000, $74,100, and $11,700.
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