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Juvenile Justice: Juveniles Processed In Criminal Court and Case Dispositions

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Aug. 15, 1995
Report No. GGD-95-170
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Summary:

According to the Justice Department, juveniles are committing increasing numbers of serious crimes, such as murder and aggravated assaults. The number of juvenile court cases involved these offenses rose 68 percent from 1988 to 1992. Each state has at least one of three methods--judicial waiver, prosecutor direct filing, and statutory exclusion (state laws requiring the transfer of juveniles for some crimes)--available for transferring juveniles to criminal court. In recent years, many states have changed their laws to expand the criteria under which juveniles may be sent to criminal court. This report discusses (1) the frequency with which juveniles have been sent to criminal court, (2) juvenile conviction rates and sentences in criminal court, (3) the dispositions of juvenile cases in juvenile court, and (4) the conditions of confinement for juveniles held in adult prisons.

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