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All 50 states have some type of provision for transferring certain juvenile offenders to be tried as adult criminal offenders. There are three basic types of juvenile transfer laws: automatic (also called legislative exclusion), judicial-discretionary, and prosecutorial-discretionary.

Give a brief description of the different types of juvenile transfer laws. Identify and describe your state's juvenile transfer laws. What types of special issues do juveniles face in adult prison? Do you agree that juveniles should be tried as adults for certain crimes? Be sure to support your argument with research and examples.

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Preview: ... venile to an adult court. The judge will consider the minor's background and the seriousness of the crime in making this determination.

Prosecutorial-discretionary laws allow the prosecutor alone to determine whether the juvenile should be tried as an adult. If a minor is over a certain age (determined by state legislature) the prosecutor has the sole discretion to treat the minor as an adult.

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