By Kareem L. Jordan
ISBN-10: 1593321430
ISBN-13: 9781593321437
Jordan examines juvenile decertification and assesses the general effectiveness of Pennsylvania’s legislative waiver statute. He considers: the standards that influence at the decertification determination; decertified and non-decertified (i.e., nonetheless in grownup court docket) early life by way of courtroom results, and recidivism within the teams. typically talking, the more severe offenders have been retained in grownup court docket. in spite of the fact that, there seems to be no distinction in punishment sure bet and recidivism among decertified and non-decertified offenders, even if formative years within the grownup method quite often obtain longer confinement time and case processing time. The statute isn't really reaching its objectives.
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However, if the new offense is a felony, the case automatically will be tried in adult court. JUVENILE TRANSFER IN PENNSYLVANIA Although general juvenile transfer practices were just discussed, no reference was made to specific states. This is due to the wide variation in state procedures regarding juvenile waiver. With regard to the present study, though, three counties in Pennsylvania will be used as research sites. This being the case, Pennsylvania’s transfer policies now will be examined, including both the current practices and how the process has changed in recent times.
However, in Detroit, 40% of those charged with murder were transferred, compared to 67% in Newark and 80% in Phoenix. Similar results were found in transfer rates for armed robbery. None of those charged with armed robbery were transferred in Boston, while 29% were transferred in Detroit, 59% in Newark, and 86% in Phoenix. This suggests that although offense seriousness is a factor to consider in studying transfer to criminal court, its impact may vary across sites. This study also examined the impact of prior record on the transfer decision.
Because Arizona is a state with a “once an adult, always an adult” provision (see Chapter 2), this might explain why the greatest predictor of transfer was prior waiver. Another limitation of this study was the small number of transfer cases compared to the large number of retained cases. It is difficult to draw adequate comparisons between groups with the size of one group being so small. In one of the better comparative studies, Poulos and Orchowsky (1994) compared a random sample of transferred juveniles (n=364) with a random sample of juveniles who committed transferable offenses, but were retained by the juvenile court (n=363).