NCJ Number
39405
Journal
Trial Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1977) Pages: 25-27
Date Published
1977
Length
3 pages
Annotation
NEW YORK'S JUVENILE DELINQUENCY LAW EMPHASIZES THE REHABILITATION RATHER THAN THE PUNISHMENT OF THE JUVENILE OFFENDER, THUS MITIGATING THE IMPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF SERIOUS CRIMES SUCH AS PREMEDITATED MURDER AND RAPE.
Abstract
THIS SITUATION HAS LED TO A COLLAPSE OF THE STATE'S JUVENILE CRIME CONTROL SYSTEM AS EVIDENCED BY SOARING RISES IN JUVENILE FELONY ARRESTS (OVER 35,000) IN 1975 FOR JUST THE EIGHT INDEX CRIMES, A COMPLETE LACK OF RELIABLE DATA ON JUVENILE CRIME IN THE STATE AND A FIVE PERCENT TRIAL RATE FOR ARRESTED JUVENILES. THE AUTHOR, A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE, CONCLUDES THAT BEFORE TREATMENT, REHABILITATION, OR INCARCERATION CAN BE PROGRAMMED FOR THE JUVENILE OFFENDER, THE YOUTH MUST FIRST BE ADJUDICATED. HE SUGGESTS THAT THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THE RESOURCES EXIST TO ADJUDICATE A CRIMINAL CASE IS THE ADULT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM....ELW