Transfer to Adult Court

Transfer to Adult Court

Transferring juveniles into a criminal justice system that precludes a rehabilitative response may not be very sensible public policy. Most reasonable people agree that a small number of young offenders should be transferred to the adult system because they pose a genuine threat to the safety of other juveniles, the severity of their offense merits a relatively more severe punishment, or their history of repeated offending bodes poorly for their ultimate rehabilitation. However, this does not describe the tens of thousands of young people who currently are being prosecuted in the adult system, a ...