Consequences of Transfer essays

Consequences of Transfer essays For some time now society along with politicians have found it to be beneficial for juveniles to be transferred to adult criminal court. In the past, two types of cases were transferred: seriously violent offenders and chronic offenders. The reasoning behind this was because for serious violent offenses the public demands harsh punishment or penalties. As far as chronic offenders it was thought or perceived that the juvenile justice system was not working for, or equipped for these types of offenders (Bishop and Frazier, 2000). Some justice officials and legislators see juvenile transfers as a deterrent. If young offenders realize that they have a chance of being transferred to adult criminal court they then will think more about their actions and not commit the offense. This view is different from Moffit, who believes that juveniles dont think about their actions because they have short term perspectives. According to Donna Bishop scared straight approach of transferring juveniles has had little research or studies done on it. The research that has been conducted did not support the ideas of legislators or juvenile justice officials. In fact the results seem to be the exact opposite. More of the offenders in the juvenile justice system reform, than that of the juveniles in the adult system. Research by (Fagan, 1991, 1995, 1996) indicated that transfer was associated with re-arrest: the percent of juveniles processed in criminal court were 76% re- arrested, compared to only 67 percent of those juveniles processed in juvenile court. The outcome was similar when the incarcerated rate was looked at, 56% of the juveniles in the adult court system were incarcerated while only 41% of the juveniles in juvenile court system were incarcerated. Five other studies similar to the Fagan study return the same summarizing results. Making transfer more detrimental to a juvenile, because the criminal c...