Although a Fairly Uniform Upper Age Limit for the Exercise

question 29

Multiple Choice

Although a fairly uniform upper age limit for the exercise of original juvenile court jurisdiction in delinquency proceedings has been established in the United States, there is far less uniformity involving lower age limits for juveniles charged with serious offenses, or who have a history of repeated offenses, who may be tried as adults. Transfer to criminal court refers to the process whereby the jurisdiction over a juvenile delinquent is moved to adult court. There are four primary mechanisms for juvenile transfers to adult criminal courts: judicial waivers, prosecutorial waivers, statutory waivers, and automatic waivers.

-What types of waiver laws permit-and sometimes even require-juvenile court judges to transfer a juvenile to adult court for criminal prosecution?

• A)judicial waiver laws
• B)statutory waiver laws
• C)prosecutorial waiver laws
• D)automatic waiver laws

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