Juvenile
Jul. 17, 2006
Decrease in Juvenile Crime Puzzles Prison Proponents
Forum Column - Beginning in 1994, California began a crackdown on juvenile crime. The age at which juvenile offenders could be tried in adult court was lowered from 16 to 14.
Forum Column
By Patrick Mattimore
Beginning in 1994, California began a crackdown on juvenile crime. The age at which juvenile offenders could be tried in adult court was lowered from 16 to 14. The three-strikes law, which passed that year, qualified certain juvenile offenses as strikes, thereby increasing the risk that youthful transgressions would have adult repercussions.
Proposition 21, passed b...
By Patrick Mattimore
Beginning in 1994, California began a crackdown on juvenile crime. The age at which juvenile offenders could be tried in adult court was lowered from 16 to 14. The three-strikes law, which passed that year, qualified certain juvenile offenses as strikes, thereby increasing the risk that youthful transgressions would have adult repercussions.
Proposition 21, passed b...
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