The Effects of Transfer Laws on Youth With Sexual or Robbery Offenses

Autor:	Jenny K. Rinehart, Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Kevin S. Armstrong, Ryan T. Shields
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	South carolina Injury control Recidivism 05 social sciences Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Suicide prevention Pathology and Forensic Medicine Law Injury prevention 050501 criminology Sex offense Psychology General Psychology 0505 law
Zdroj:	Criminal Justice and Behavior. 43:1619-1638
ISSN:	1552-3594 0093-8548
DOI:	10.1177/0093854816659517
Popis:	This study examines the effects of juvenile transfer laws on youth charged with sex offenses and youth charged with robbery offenses. Using matched samples of youth charged in South Carolina between 1990 and 2001, we examined the effects of transfer on adjudication, incarceration, and recidivism. For youth charged with sex offenses, there were no significant effects of transfer on adjudication or incarceration. Transferred youth were more than 4 times as likely to be convicted of a new person offense as youth adjudicated in juvenile court. For youth charged with robbery offenses, transferred youth were less likely to be adjudicated, but when adjudicated, they were more likely to be incarcerated than those processed as juveniles. Transferred youth were also less likely to be arrested for or convicted of new nonperson offenses and less likely to be arrested for any new offenses. Implications for juvenile transfer policy and future research are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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