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U.S. Department of Justice Report Concludes that Transfer Laws Substantially Increase Recidivism

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

U.S. Department of Justice Report Concludes that Transfer Laws Substantially Increase Recidivism August 13, 2008 Today, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), at the U.S. Department of Justice, released a bulletin on transfer laws and concluded that they have little or no deterrent effect on juvenile crime. The report, Juvenile Transfer Laws: An Effective Deterrent to Delinquency?", also mentions that recidivism rates have increased, because of the transfer laws. "Too many youth are being prosecuted as adults, with harmful results," said Liz Ryan, President and CEO of the Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ). "We are calling on federal and state policy makers to reverse these punitive laws in light of this new research...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 14, 2008 (boomark / email).