Different from Adults: An Updated Analysis of Juvenile Transfer and Blended Sentencing Laws, With Recommendations for Reform
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
May. 28, 2009
ANNOTATION: The use of transfer laws for handing over juvenile offenders to adult criminal courts and correctional facilities is examined. Sections of this report include: introduction; transfer terms; transfer/blended sentencing provisions chart; judicial waiver laws; statutory exclusion laws; prosecutorial discretion/concurrent judicial laws; other transfer-related laws; historical development of transfer laws; types of blended sentencing; what the data tells us about transfer; total judicial waivers -- 1985-2005; transfer reporting by state; how states could improve their transfer laws; transfer laws have little to no effect in deterring crime or juvenile delinquency; a "vital sign" of system functioning; and the future of transfer.
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