With cases such as the Jonesboro, Arkansas killings, the Pennsylvania murder, and the increasing number of juveniles committing serious offenses, the question of should juveniles be sentenced in the adult criminal justice system remains. ... The Pennsylvania case is one of the more recent in which juveniles used guns to solve their "problems."
Articles have suggested that when juveniles are transferred into the adult system, it will result in more violent juveniles who learn more serious forms of crime. ...
To first understand what would be the easiest way to handle serious juvenile offenders, we must first understand how the law defines how juveniles can or can not be treated by the criminal justice system.
"All states allow juveniles to be tried as adults in criminal court under certain circumstances by way of judicial waiver, concurrent jurisdiction and/or statutory exclusion" (Torbet 1997)1. Torbet goes on to say that all but 10 states have adopted or modified laws making it easier to prosecute juveniles in criminal court. She also mentions that "the list of offenses considered serious, and/or the age for which certain juveniles can be tried in criminal court has been expanded.
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