ly heinous or violent offenses, there is little evidence to suggest that this policy and practice result in improved recidivism and rehabilitation rates.
Review of Literature
Jones (2004, p 5) offered some statistical analysis of the transfer of juveniles to adult courts:
* In 1995, the last year for which U.S. statistics are available, more than 1.7 million juveniles--children 17 and under--were being detained annually, either to await sentencing or as adjudicated cases.
* In 1997, the National Institute for Justice reported that statistically there were 14,500 juveniles in adult facilities "on any given day" though "the actual number of juveniles in adult prison is much higher than the daily count. There are no current estimates of the number of youth admitted to jail each year."
* The institute listed the top four states incarcerating juveniles in adult prisons as North Carolina, New York, Illinois and Florida. Those with the most juveniles 13-15 in adult correction facilities were Florida, North Carolina,
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