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Which states automatically charge 16-year-olds and/or 17-year-olds as adults?
Which states automatically charge 16-year-olds and/or 17-year-olds as adults?
- Only Oregon
- All 27 states
- Six states (correct)
- None of the states
What has led to harsher penalties for young people who commit serious crimes?
What has led to harsher penalties for young people who commit serious crimes?
- New scientific research
- Treating juveniles just like adults (correct)
- Supreme Court rulings
- Rehabilitation programs
What have some states started to focus more on?
What have some states started to focus more on?
- Increasing penalties for young offenders
- Prosecuting juveniles as adults
- Building more adult jails
- Reversing a 'tough on crime' philosophy (correct)
Who states that treating juveniles just like adults does more harm than good?
Who states that treating juveniles just like adults does more harm than good?
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What has convinced some states to act in reforming juvenile justice?
What has convinced some states to act in reforming juvenile justice?
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