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Aug 12, 2021 · This brief focuses on emerging trends in raise-the-age efforts across states, including: (1) raising the maximum age of juvenile court jurisdiction beyond 18, (2) raising the floor, or minimum age, at which a person can be processed through juvenile courts; and (3) amending the transfer laws that limit the extent to which youth and young adults can be prosecuted in adult criminal court ...
The juvenile justice system has evolved though four periods since the juvenile courts’ creation more than a century ago: the Progressive Era (1899–1960s), the Due-Process Era (1960s and 1970s), the Get-Tough-on-Crime Era (1980s and 1990s), and the contemporary reaffirmation of the Kids-Are-Different Era (2005 to the present) [Luna, 2017; National Research Council, 2013].
The youth justice system in England and Wales comprises the organs and processes that are used to prosecute, convict and punish persons under 18 years of age who commit criminal offences. The principal aim of the youth justice system is to prevent offending by children and young persons.
minimum age established in statute, offenses excluded from minimum age requirements, and the discretion afforded to prosecutors and judges. Twenty-three states have set a minimum age of adjudication in juvenile court through statute. In these states, children under the minimum age of juvenile court jurisdiction are
Mar 3, 2017 · Purpose. Despite the existence of minimum age laws for juvenile justice jurisdiction in 18 US states, California has no explicit law that protects children (i.e. youth less than 12 years old) from being processed in the juvenile justice system. In the absence of a minimum age law, California lags behind other states and international practice ...
- Elizabeth Barnert, Elizabeth Barnert, Laura Abrams, Laura Abrams, Cheryl Maxson, Cheryl Maxson, Laur...
- 10.1108/IJPH-07-2016-0030
- 2017
- 2017/03/03
Apr 21, 2018 · The minimum age of juvenile justice jurisdiction is uncharted research territory, despite current legislative proposals to establish or raise existing minimum age boundaries. Based on our analysis, here we appraise existing protections for young children in California and consider if a minimum age would address identified policy gaps.
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Apr 8, 2021 · In 2020, Vermont became the first state in the nation to expand juvenile court jurisdiction to 18. Three states-- Georgia, Texas and Wisconsin--now draw the juvenile/adult line at age 16. Missouri raised the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to age 17 in 2018 and the law will go into effect January 1, 2021. Michigan raised the age of juvenile ...
