What are the implications of treating juveniles as adults within the justice system?

What will be an ideal response?


There has always been a way to transfer juveniles to the adult system and different states have means and laws to do so. Recent changes had have made it easier to try juveniles as adult offenders and this is a significant departure from the original intent of having a separate juvenile justice system. Some state waiver laws have "once an adult, always an adult" provision.

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a. True b. False

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