What Do Juvenile Offenders Know About Being Tried as Adults? Implications for Deterrence

An underlying assumption in the nationwide policy shift toward transferring more juveniles to criminal court has been the belief that stricter, adult sentences will act as either a specific or general deterrent to juvenile crime. With respect to general deterrence - whether transfer laws deter would...

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Main Author: Redding, Richard E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2004
In: Juvenile and family court journal
Year: 2004
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