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Jan 27, 2022 · Children (aged 10-17) had the highest reoffending rate of the age groups at 34.2%, compared to 24.0% for young adults (aged 18-20) and 25.2% for adults (aged 21 and over).
The actual age of youths for which they would be subject to the adult court for committing an unlawful offense is referred to as the age of criminal responsibility or age of majority. However, juvenile courts can have extended jurisdiction up to age 20 in cases of abuse, neglect, or dependency issues (SBB, 2021d).
May 17, 2021 · This article examines empirical evidence regarding benefits and drawbacks of serving youth younger than 20 in the adult criminal justice system and provides a case example of Vermont, the first state to raise the age to 20.
- Sujeeta E. Menon, Susan A. McCarter
- 2021
Feb 8, 2017 · The results of recent empirical research have shown that juveniles do not achieve complete psychosocial maturity until postadolescence and that processing juveniles as adults in the criminal justice system can be associated with elevated rates of criminal recidivism.
- Charles E. Loeffler, Aaron Chalfin
- 2017
expanding the juvenile justice system, will reduce crime by increasing affected juveniles’ access to the more abundant treatment opportunities available in the juvenile justice system and by limiting their exposure to the more harmful aspects of the adult justice system. They further argue that the decrease
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Research shows many potential consequences for children who are processed formally in the juvenile justice system, including future involvement in the system as adults, interruption in school, separation from family, and harm to their physical and mental health (Abrams et al., 2019a).
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the age of criminal responsibility of adolescents has been associated with the shifting designation of the boundaries between the respective jurisdictions of juvenile courts and criminal courts.
