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54 Wayne L. Rev. 1725 (2008)
Trends in the Committee of Juveniles to Adult Prisons: Toward an Increased Willingness to Treat Juveniles as Adults

handle is hein.journals/waynlr54 and id is 1735 raw text is: TRENDS IN THE COMMITMENT OF JUVENILES TO ADULT PRISONS: TOWARD AN INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO TREAT JUVENILES AS ADULTS? JEFFREY J. SHOOKt ROSEMARY C. SARRIT Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1725 A. Perspectives on the Changing Boundary between the Juvenile and Criminal Courts .................................................. 1728 B. Research on the Consequences of Legislative Changes .......... 1731 C. Michigan's Legislative Changes .............................................. 1734 II. M ETHOD S ....................................................................................... 1737 A . D ata ......................................................................................... 1737 B . A nalysis .................................................................................... 1738 III. R ESU LTS ........................................................................................ 1739 A. The Number of Juveniles Committed to Adult Prisons ............ 1739 B. Com m itm ent Type .................................................................... 1746 C. Offense Characteristics ........................................................... 1748 D. Offender Characteristics ......................................................... 1751 E . Sentence .................................................................................. 1755 IV . D ISCU SSION ................................................................................... 1756 V . C ONCLU SION .................................................................................. 1765 I. INTRODUCTION Over the last several decades, almost every state in the United States has enacted legislative changes easing the process of treating juveniles as adults in the justice systems.' The rationales for these changes generally t Assistant Professor of Law and Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh. B.A., 1992, Grinnell College; J.D., 1996, American University; M.S.W., 1999, University of Michigan; Ph.D., 2004, University of Michigan. T Professor Emerita, University of Michigan School of Social Work. B.A., 1946, University of Minnesota; M.S.W, 1955, University of Minnesota; Ph.D., 1962, University of Michigan. 1. See generally Patricia Torbet et al., State Responses to Serious and Violent Juvenile Crime: Research Report, Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (1996) (hereinafter State Response); Patricia Torbet & Linda Szymanski, State Legislative Responses to Violent Juvenile Crime: 1996-97 Update, United States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile 1725

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