Add to ORKGThe overwhelming majority of existing literature on the effects of age on judicial sentence decision-making focuses on juveniles (ages 18 and below) and older adults. This paper focuses on offenders between the ages of 18-29, who fall legally outside the definition of juvenile, yet do not have the full brain development or clinical maturity of an adult to provide knowledge of sentencing outcomes for different populations and a well-rounded review and critique of judicial sentence decision-making (Johnson, Blum, & Giedd, 2009). Using a series of logistic regression analyses on the Pennsylvania Commission Sentencing (PCS) data from 2001 to 2018, I examine the effects of legal and extralegal factors, specifically age, on the in/out prison sent...
In spite of substantial research completed on the subject of the death penalty, its imposition on of...
In the past decade, the Supreme Court has transformed the constitutional landscape of juvenile crime...
Media stories of violent young offenders, while rare events, “signal” to the public that youth crime...
The overwhelming majority of existing literature on the effects of age on judicial sentence decision...
This Article connects two growing categories of academic literature and policy reform: arguments for...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the influences such as age at current offense, gender, race...
There is a robust body of evidence that tells us that the juvenile brain is not fully developed by a...
Previous research has found significant effects of gender, race, and age on sentencing decisions mad...
Scientific research into the experience of juveniles in detention has recently had an impact on cour...
This Article connects two growing categories of academic literature and policy reform: arguments for...
This Note argues that the O’Dell decision was a watershed moment for criminal justice reform. It arg...
In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to sentence adolescents charged with non-homici...
In the 1980s and 1990s, nearly every state enacted legislative changes that eased the process of tre...
For more than 120 years, juvenile justice law has not substantively defined the core questions in mo...
For more than 120 years, juvenile justice law has not substantively defined the core questions in mo...
In spite of substantial research completed on the subject of the death penalty, its imposition on of...
In the past decade, the Supreme Court has transformed the constitutional landscape of juvenile crime...
Media stories of violent young offenders, while rare events, “signal” to the public that youth crime...
The overwhelming majority of existing literature on the effects of age on judicial sentence decision...
This Article connects two growing categories of academic literature and policy reform: arguments for...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the influences such as age at current offense, gender, race...
There is a robust body of evidence that tells us that the juvenile brain is not fully developed by a...
Previous research has found significant effects of gender, race, and age on sentencing decisions mad...
Scientific research into the experience of juveniles in detention has recently had an impact on cour...
This Article connects two growing categories of academic literature and policy reform: arguments for...
This Note argues that the O’Dell decision was a watershed moment for criminal justice reform. It arg...
In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to sentence adolescents charged with non-homici...
In the 1980s and 1990s, nearly every state enacted legislative changes that eased the process of tre...
For more than 120 years, juvenile justice law has not substantively defined the core questions in mo...
For more than 120 years, juvenile justice law has not substantively defined the core questions in mo...
In spite of substantial research completed on the subject of the death penalty, its imposition on of...
In the past decade, the Supreme Court has transformed the constitutional landscape of juvenile crime...
Media stories of violent young offenders, while rare events, “signal” to the public that youth crime...