The juvenile penalty: A comparison of juvenile and young adult sentencing outcomes in criminal court

Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 485-515

  Kurlychek, Megan C ^a   Johnson, Brian D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult criminal court; Juvenile transfer; Sentencing disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142667558     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2004.tb00527.x     Document Type: Review

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