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Juvenile Transfers to Criminal Court in the 1990s: Lessons Learned from Four Studies. OJJDP Summary.
Snyder, Howard N.; Sickmund, Melissa; Poe-Yamagata, Eileen – 2000
This report presents information from four studies that investigated factors decision makers considered when transferring cases from the juvenile to the criminal justice system. All states have legal mechanisms whereby some juveniles may be transferred from the juvenile to the criminal justice system for prosecution. These decisions fall into…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Courts, Criminal Law, Delinquency