Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Publication Title
Criminal Law Bulletin
Keywords
Kent v. United States, juvenile justice, youth tried as adults, Roper v. Simmons
Abstract
The US Supreme Court first reviewed a state's statutory procedure for juvenile transfer to adult criminal courts in Kent v. US 1 Morris Kent was a fourteen-year-old first convicted for purse snatching and house-breaking, placed on probation, and later charged at the age of sixteen with robbery and rape. 2 Kent was arrested, presumably admitted to involvement in these crimes after seven hours of interrogation, and placed in a receiving home for one week.
Recommended Citation
Mallett, Christopher A., "Death Is Not Different: The Transfer of Juvenile Offenders to Adult Criminal Courts" (2007). Social Work Faculty Publications. 18.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clsowo_facpub/18
Publication Status
1
