Policies Regarding the Prosecution of Juvenile Murderers: Which System and Who Should Decide?
作者:
JOSEPH B. SANBORN,
期刊:
Law&Policy
(WILEY Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 18,
issue 1‐2
页码: 151-178
ISSN:0265-8240
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9930.1996.tb00168.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
The fate awaiting the juvenile charged with murder varies considerably from state to state. In some jurisdictions the youth (depending on age) would have to be prosecuted in juvenile court and receive at worst the most severe sanction available in that forum. In other locations the juvenile could have to be tried in adult court or could be sent there by either a judge or a prosecutor, and would be eligible for an adult sentence, including possibly the death penalty. This study examines the country's various policies regarding the prosecution of juvenile murderers, as well as the implications behind both using the juvenile versus the adult court for these prosecutions and extending the transfer power to the prosecutor versus the judge.
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