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JUVENILES IN THE ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: AN OVERVIEW (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Nov. 3, 1998
Report Number 98-449
Report Type Report
Authors Suzanne Cavanagh, Government Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Both state and federal legislators have enacted provisions to relax the criteria governing the transfer of juvenile offenders to adult courts. Presently, all 50 states make some provision for these transfers, and a 1994 crime act approved by Congress (P.L. 103-311) requires the prosecution of youths 13 years of age and above as adults for gun-related violent crimes.