When should juvenile transfers to adult court be considered? Should the transfer depend on the age of the juvenile and the type of crime committed, or is there never a crime where it would be appropriate to transfer a juvenile to adult court
Juvenile transfers to adult cases must be done in accordance of laws and convention. genrally it can be done generally two ways
Statutory provisons are there in almost all sates where some
heinious crimes by juvenile is treated as an adult. Another way to
do so is Judicial waiver which is a process when judge himself
transfer the case from juvenile to adult court.
Transfer should depend on type of crime and the age at the time of
commission both.Statutory provision provides for certain offences
such as first degree murder, sequence of crimes by juvenile or
natural offender as some of the criterion to transfer the case .
Moreover, it provides for certain age say 16 years , above which a
juvenile will be treated as an adult such as rape , murder etc.
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