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Since that time, transfer to adult court has been mandatory for some of the state's most serious felonies. In 1994, the minimum age of transfer was reduced from fourteen to thirteen, giving North Carolina judges the discretion to transfer offenders as young as thirteen from juvenile to superior court for any felony crime."
Questions remain in escape of juvenile murder suspect from NC facility . Lassiter says that even when a 16 or 17-year-old is being handled in adult court, they’re still housed in juvenile ...
A proposal to require some 16- and 17-year-olds to be tried initially as adults in NC’s courts took a step forward on Tuesday, despite concerns by some that it rolls back youth protections.
Juvenile court, also known as young offender's court or children's court, is a tribunal having special authority to pass judgements for crimes committed by children who have not attained the age of majority. In most modern legal systems, children who commit a crime are treated differently from legal adults who have committed the same offense.
The North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DJJDP) was a state agency of North Carolina, headquartered in Raleigh. [1] The agency operates juvenile corrections facilities in the state. It is now a part of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Children as young as 6 can be prosecuted in North Carolina juvenile court — the lowest age set by law in the country — but a bipartisan effort would raise the minimum age of delinquency to 10.
As of 2003, the JDAI had produced some promising results from their programs. Detention center populations fell by between 14% and 88% in JDAI counties over the course of 7 years (1996–2003). These same counties saw declines in juvenile arrests (an indicator of overall juvenile crime rates) during the same time period ranging from 37–54%. [41]