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Direct linkShook, Jeffrey J. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2005
Recent legislative enactments have altered the boundary between US juvenile and criminal justice systems. Youth that were previously adjudicated as juveniles are increasingly being labeled "adults" and tried in the criminal court. This article begins with a review of policy and practice changes in the transfer of children to the criminal…
Descriptors: Criminals, Children, Juvenile Justice, Delinquency
