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Juvenile Transfers to Criminal Court in the 1990's: Lessons Learned From Four Studies

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Juvenile Transfers to Criminal Court in the 1990's:
Lessons Learned From Four Studies

NCJ 181301


Howard N. Snyder
Melissa Sickmund
Eileen Poe-Yamagata
National Center for Juvenile Justice

John J. Wilson, Acting Administrator
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

August 2000

U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

810 Seventh Street NW.
Washington, DC 20531

Janet Reno
Attorney General

Daniel Marcus
Acting Associate Attorney General

Mary Lou Leary
Acting Assistant Attorney General

John J. Wilson
Acting Administrator
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This Summary is the product of the Juvenile Transfers to Criminal Court Research Studies project. It was prepared by the National Center for Juvenile Justice, the research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and was supported by grant number 95–JN–FX–0029 to the National Center for Juvenile Justice from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of OJJDP or the U.S. Department of Justice.

Copyright 2000, National Center for Juvenile Justice, 710 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219–3000, 412–227–6950.

Cover photograph © 2000 PhotoDisc, Inc.

Suggested citation: Snyder, H., Sickmund, M., and Poe-Yamagata, E. 2000. Juvenile Transfers to Criminal Court in the 1990's: Lessons Learned From Four Studies. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office for Victims of Crime.