U/CL Pathfinders

JUVENILES TRIED AS ADULTS 

 

DEFINITION: “Facing strong, punishment-oriented constituencies, legislators and prosecutors are seeking to impose the death penalty on younger and younger offenders, both through the legislation they propose and the punishments they seek in trial.”

(Law and Contemporary Problems, Summer 2000, p. 133.) 

 

NARROW THE TOPIC:

·         Does trying juveniles as adults help reduce crime?

·         Should juveniles convicted as murderers receive the same punishment as adults?

·         Is “blended sentencing” a possible solution to the problem?

·         Are juveniles who are put through the adult penal system more or less likely to repeat crimes?

·         What is the impact when juveniles are imprisoned with adults?

·         Should juveniles be held to the same level of accountability as adults?

·         Are minority youths more disproportionately affected by these laws than white youths?

·         Does locking up juveniles for life constitute cruel and unusual punishment?

·         Will strict punishment deter others from crime?

·         Can adolescents understand the gravity of their crimes?

·         Should there be an age limit as to how young a child can be to be tried as an adult?

·         Should juveniles be subject to the death penalty?

·         Should juveniles be subject to different rehabilitation than adults?

·         Should juveniles be tried proportionate to the severity of the crime?

·         Should intent for juvenile crimes be taken into account?

 

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Homicide—in adolescence; Juvenile Homicide; Juvenile Justice, Administration of 

 

SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:

Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics,Vol. 3  See “Juvenile Crime”	REF BJ 63 .E42
Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment   See “Juveniles, Execution”	REF HV 8694 .G76
Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice  "Juveniles in Adult Correctional Facilities"	REF HV 9104 .E58 2003

 

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

CQ Researcher    "Kids in Prison"  4/27/ 2001

Issues & Controversies on File    “Juvenile Justice”  11/22/2002; “Juvenile Death Penalty”   1/21/2005

Opposing Viewpoints:  Juvenile Crime: America's Prisons; School Violence

Trials of Juveniles as Adults: Point - Counterpoint

At Issue: Should Juveniles Be Tried as Adults  (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

 

STATISTICS:

Crime: A Serious American Problem

Crime in the United States

Prisons and Jails: a Deterrent to Crime 

Statistical Abstract of the United States  (also at Reference Desk)

 

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

Academic Search Premier

Expanded Academic ASAP

OmniFile Full Text Mega

 

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS:  America's Newspapers

 

INTERNET SITES:

PBS Frontline: Juvenile Justice (includes statistics)	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/
Center for Juvenile Crime and Justice Search	http://www.cjcj.org/
National Center for Juvenile Justice: Florida	http://www.ncjj.org/stateprofiles/asp/transfer.asp?topic=Transfer&state=FL04.asp&print=no
National Center for Juvenile Justice	http://www.ncjj.org/stateprofiles/overviews/overviewtransfer.asp?overview=overviewtransfer.asp
Justice Police Institute: The Florida Experiment	http://www.cjcj.org/pubs/florida/florida.html

 

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