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Youth in the adult criminal justice system /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections.
Children's issues, laws and programs series. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- YOUTH IN THE ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ; YOUTH IN THE ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 YOU'RE AN ADULT NOW: YOUTH IN ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS ; I. INTRODUCTION ; II. WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE ISSUE OF JUVENILES IN THE ADULT CORRECTIONS SYSTEMS, AND WHERE ARE THERE GAPS IN DATA COLLECTION AND INFORMATION?; III. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, IMPACTS AND OPTIONS FACING PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS WHEN YOUTH ARE AWAITING TRIAL ON ADULT CHARGES?
- IV. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, IMPACTS AND OPTIONS FACING PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS WHEN YOUTH ARE CONVICTED, AND COMMITTED TO THE ADULT SYSTEM? V. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, IMPACTS AND OPTIONS FACING PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS WHEN YOUTH WHO CONVICTED IN ADULT COURT ARE ON PROBATION OR PAROLE? ; Community Supervision
- Corrections' Stepchild? ; Options for Corrections Systems, and Federal, State and Local Policymakers ; VI. CONCLUSION ; APPENDIX I: SUMMARY OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ; APPENDIX II: ATTENDEES AND CONTRIBUTORS ; End Notes
- Chapter 2 TRYING JUVENILES AS ADULTS: AN ANALYSIS OF STATE TRANSFER LAWS AND REPORTING A MESSAGE FROM OJJDP ; ALL STATES SET BOUNDARIES WHERE CHILDHOOD ENDS AND ADULT CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY BEGINS ; Transfer Laws Alter the Usual Jurisdictional Age Boundaries for Exceptional Cases ; Most States Have Multiple Transfer Mechanisms ; Nearly All States Give Courts Discretion to Waive Jurisdiction Over Individual Cases ; In Presumptive Waiver Cases, the Burden of Proof Shifts to the Juvenile ; State Laws May Require Juvenile Court Judges to Waive Jurisdiction in Certain Cases
- Nonjudicial Transfer Cases Bypass Juvenile Courts Altogether Prosecutors' Discretion to Opt for Criminal Handling Is Often Unfettered ; Statutory Exclusion Laws Restrict Juvenile Courts' Delinquency Jurisdiction ; In Most States, Criminal Prosecution Renders a Juvenile an "Adult" Forever ; Many States Give Courts Special Flexibility in Handling Youth Subject to Transfer; STATE TRANSFER LAWS CHANGED RADICALLY IN THE CLOSING DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY ; Before 1970, Transfer in Most States Was Court-Ordered on a Case-bycase Basis
- States Adopted New Transfer Mechanisms in the 1970s and 1980s The Surge in Youth Violence That Peaked in 1994 Helped Shape Current Transfer Laws ; In Recent Years, Transfer Laws Have Changed Little ; FOR EVERY 1,000 PETITIONED DELINQUENCY CASES, ABOUT 9 ARE JUDICIALLY WAIVED TO CRIMINAL COURT ; Juvenile Court Data Provide a Detailed Picture of Waiver in the U.S. ; The Use of Judicial Waiver Has Declined Steeply Since 1994 ; NATIONAL INFORMATION ON JUVENILE CASES FILED DIRECTLY IN CRIMINAL COURT IS FRAGMENTARY ; No National Data Set Tracks Cases That Bypass Juvenile Courts