Incarcerated adults sentenced in adult criminal court while juveniles: Knowledge, understanding, and perceptions of their sentences
An estimated 200,000 juveniles are tried as adults yearly and receive punitive sentences intended to deter juvenile crime and increase public safety. Few qualitative studies on juveniles sentenced as adults and contradictory results indicate a need for further research. This study used a qualitative...
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ScholarWorks
2010
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/794 https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1793&context=dissertations |