Youth in the adult criminal justice system

Intro -- YOUTH IN THE ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -- YOUTH IN THE ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 YOU'RE AN ADULT NOW: YOUTH IN ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE ISSUE OF JUVENILES IN THE ADULT CORRECTIONS SYSTEMS, AND WHERE ARE THERE GAPS IN DATA COLLECTION AND INFORMATION? -- III. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, IMPACTS AND OPTIONS FACING PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS WHEN YOUTH ARE AWAITING TRIAL ON ADULT CHARGES? -- IV. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, IMPACTS AND OPTIONS FACING PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS WHEN YOUTH ARE CONVICTED, AND COMMITTED TO THE ADULT SYSTEM? -- V. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, IMPACTS AND OPTIONS FACING PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS WHEN YOUTH WHO CONVICTED IN ADULT COURT ARE ON PROBATION OR PAROLE? -- Community Supervision - Corrections' Stepchild? -- Options for Corrections Systems, and Federal, State and Local Policymakers -- VI. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX I: SUMMARY OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPENDIX II: ATTENDEES AND CONTRIBUTORS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 TRYING JUVENILES AS ADULTS: AN ANALYSIS OF STATE TRANSFER LAWS AND REPORTING -- A MESSAGE FROM OJJDP -- ALL STATES SET BOUNDARIES WHERE CHILDHOOD ENDS AND ADULT CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY BEGINS -- Transfer Laws Alter the Usual Jurisdictional Age Boundaries for Exceptional Cases -- Most States Have Multiple Transfer Mechanisms -- Nearly All States Give Courts Discretion to Waive Jurisdiction Over Individual Cases -- In Presumptive Waiver Cases, the Burden of Proof Shifts to the Juvenile -- State Laws May Require Juvenile Court Judges to Waive Jurisdiction in Certain Cases -- Nonjudicial Transfer Cases Bypass Juvenile Courts Altogether -- Prosecutors' Discretion to Opt for Criminal Handling Is Often Unfettered -- Statutory Exclusion Laws Restrict Juvenile Courts' Delinquency Jurisdiction