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Shook, Jeffrey., Sarri, Rosemary. and Ng, Irene. "Trends in the Commitment of Juveniles to Adult Prisons: The Experience of Michigan's Legislative Reforms" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Royal York, Toronto, Nov 15, 2005 <Not Available>. 2008-12-12 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p33751_index.html>

Shook, J. , Sarri, R. and Ng, I. , 2005-11-15 "Trends in the Commitment of Juveniles to Adult Prisons: The Experience of Michigan's Legislative Reforms" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Royal York, Toronto <Not Available>. 2008-12-12 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p33751_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This paper analyzes data from the Michigan Department of Corrections regarding juveniles committed to DOC over a 20 year period (1984-2003). Legislation was enacted in Michigan in 1988 and 1996 which lowered the minimum age, expanded eligible offenses, shifted waiver criteria toward more offense based characteristics, transferred decision making discretion from judges to prosecutors, and added a middle option which allows youth to be treated as adults in the juvenile court. Consequently, the goal of this paper is to examine the effects of these changes as expressed through commitments to DOC. Specifically, we examine trends in the number, characteristics, and type of commitment of youth entering the adult correctional system over this period. We also examine the sentences received by these youth and the actual time they serve in correctional facilities. Findings indicate that these legislative reforms have increased the number of youth entering adult correctional institutions relative to the crime rate. Over this period, approximately 2,220 individuals under the age of 17 at the time of their offense were committed to DOC and approximately 11,000 individuals who were 17 years old at the time of their offense were committed (16 years old is the maximum age of jurisdiction of the juvenile court). While there has not been a substantial increase in the number of younger juveniles being committed to DOC, there has been an increase in youth entering prison for what DOC classifies as non-assaultive crimes and probation violations. Policy implications of these findings will be discussed.

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