Adjudicatory and Dispositional Decision Making in Juvenile Justice

Redding, Richard E.; Mrozoski, Barbara

Adjudicatory and Dispositional Decision Making in Juvenile Justice

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: PREVENTION, ASSESSMENT, AND INTERVENTION, K. Heilbrun, N.E. Goldstein, and R.E. Redding, eds., Oxford University Press, 2005

Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2005-18

26 Pages Posted: 11 Oct 2005 Last revised: 29 May 2014

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Barbara Mrozoski

Villanova University School of Law; Drexel University

Abstract

Juvenile court judges and others working in the juvenile justice system have a wide variety of dispositional and sentencing options available for the juvenile offenders under their jurisdiction. For serious, violent or chronic offenders, these options increasingly involve transferring juveniles from juvenile court for trial and sentencing in the criminal court as well as blended juvenile and adult sentences. This chapter provides an overview of the adjudicatory and dispositional options available for handling juvenile offenders in the juvenile and criminal justice systems. The research on adjudicatory and dispositional decision making is reviewed, and directions for future law and policy development are proposed.

Keywords: juvenile offenders, criminal law, juvenile court, juvenile justice, delinquency, judicial decision making, sentencing, blended sentencing

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Redding, Richard E. and Mrozoski, Barbara, Adjudicatory and Dispositional Decision Making in Juvenile Justice. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: PREVENTION, ASSESSMENT, AND INTERVENTION, K. Heilbrun, N.E. Goldstein, and R.E. Redding, eds., Oxford University Press, 2005, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2005-18, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=822206