Death Is Not Different: The Transfer of Juvenile Offenders to Adult Criminal Courts

The US Supreme Court first reviewed a state's statutory procedure for juvenile transfer to adult criminal courts in Kent v. US 1 Morris Kent was a fourteen-year-old first convicted for purse snatching and house-breaking, placed on probation, and later charged at the age of sixteen with robbery...

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Autor principal: Mallett, Christopher A (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2007
En:Año: 2007
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Sumario:The US Supreme Court first reviewed a state's statutory procedure for juvenile transfer to adult criminal courts in Kent v. US 1 Morris Kent was a fourteen-year-old first convicted for purse snatching and house-breaking, placed on probation, and later charged at the age of sixteen with robbery and rape. 2 Kent was arrested, presumably admitted to involvement in these crimes after seven hours of interrogation, and placed in a receiving home for one week