DC Youth in Adult Courts

This report highlights D.C. transfer laws and discusses the current U.S. Attorney’s argument that the District of Columbia should amend its law to transfer more young people to to adult court. The report compares D.C.’s transfer law to transfer laws across the country and highlights decades of research that has concluded transfer laws do not promote public safety.

File Type: pdf
Categories: Report, Resource Library, Summit Materials
Tags: Age of Jurisdiction, Alternatives to Incarceration, Black Youth, Detention, National Analysis, Pleas, Racial and Ethnic Disparities, Selective Prosecution, Sentencing, Transfer or Bindover or Certification, Youth in Adult Court