Title

Hard Choices Or Obvious Ones: Developing Policy For Excluding Youth From Juvenile Court

Keywords

criminal court; incarceration; juvenile offenders; transfer

Abstract

This article examines the various ways in which youth that are charged with criminal behavior are excluded from the juvenile court process and are prosecuted instead in criminal court. The first objective of this work is to eliminate the confusion and misrepresentations concerning exclusion that have dominated the juvenile justice literature. Suggestions are offered as to how this material should be conceptualized and organized so as to avoid these problems. The second objective is to develop a rationale for exclusion that can serve as a foundation from which to develop sound exclusion policy. The strengths and weaknesses of the potential policy stands on exclusion are examined, and the article concludes with an explanation of the desirability of the selective exclusion of serious and chronic offenders from juvenile court. © 2003, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Publication Title

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volume

1

Issue

2

Number of Pages

198-214

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1541204002250879

Socpus ID

4944261483 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/4944261483

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