Recent increases can be seen in both the number of transferred juveniles and the number of juveniles that meet transfer criteria. Advocates of expanding the parameters for transferring juvenile offenders to adult court claim that it is an effective method of dealing with serious juvenile offenders. Little empirical evidence supports the idea that adult court sentencing of juvenile offenders is consistent, equitable or effective. This study utilizes data from a recent cohort of 472 transferred juvenile offenders in Arizona to explore the sentencing of juveniles in adult court. Logistic regression is employed to identify criminal history, offense‐related variables, and demographic variables related to both an incarcerative sentence and a sentence to probatio