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Changes in Juvenile Waiver and Transfer Provisions: Projecting the Impact in Florida *
Author(s) -
LANZAKADUCE LONN,
BISHOP DONNA M.,
FRAZIER CHARLES E.,
WINNER LAWRENCE
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1996.tb00167.x
Subject(s) - waiver , juvenile , juvenile court , economic justice , law , political science , juvenile delinquency , criminology , psychology , biology , genetics
In 1994, Florida made three changes to its law that expanded its ability to transfer or waive juvenile offenders into adult court. This study demonstrates what would have happened to a random sample of 1993 cases had the new provisions been in effect. Florida's new provisions may double the number of cases coming to adult court and will have an impact on both the juvenile and adult systems. Both a new mandatory direct file provision and a new presumptive judicial waiver provision are likely to have greater impact than is a change that expands discretionary direct filing to fourteen‐ and fifteen‐year‐old offenders. Both the mandatory and presumptive provisions are triggered by prior record information rather than current offense factors. The implications of the changes for juvenile justice philosophy and juvenile court are discussed.