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Which states try juveniles as adults and use blended sentencing? (as of the end of the 2007 legislative sessions)

Click on a state name to see a detailed summary of that state's transfer and blended sentencing laws.

  _______Judicial Waiver_______ Direct
File		 Statutory
Exclusion		 Reverse
Waiver		 Once/
Always
 Juvenile
Blended		 Criminal
Blended
Discretionary Presumptive Mandatory
Total States 45 15 15 15 29 25 34 15 17
Alabamax   x x  
Alaskaxx  x  x 
Arizonax  xxxx  
Arkansasx  x x xx
Californiaxx xxxx x
Coloradoxx x x xx
Connecticut  x  x x 
Delawarex x xxx  
District of Columbiaxx x  x  
Floridax  xx x x
Georgiax xxxx   
Hawaiix     x  
Idahox   x x x
Illinoisxxx xxxxx
Indianax x x x  
Iowax   xxx x
Kansasxx    xx 
Kentuckyx x  x  x
Louisianax xxx    
Mainexx    x  
Marylandx   xxx  
Massachusetts    x  xx
Michiganx  x  xxx
Minnesotaxx  x xx 
Mississippix   xxx  
Missourix     x x
Montana   xxx x 
Nebraska   x x  x
Nevadaxx  xxx  
New Hampshirexx    x  
New Jerseyxxx      
New Mexico    x  xx
New York    xx   
North Carolinax x   x  
North Dakotaxxx   x  
Ohiox x   xx 
Oklahomax  xxxx x
Oregonx   xxx  
Pennsylvaniaxx  xxx  
Rhode Islandxxx   xx 
South Carolinax x x    
South Dakotax   xxx  
Tennesseex    xx  
Texasx     xx 
Utahxx  x x  
Vermontx  xxx x 
Virginiax xx xx x
Washingtonx   x x  
West Virginiax x     x
Wisconsinx   xxx x
Wyomingx  x x   

© 2000 (original copyright); © 2008 (most recent copyright) National Center for Juvenile Justice

Citation: Griffin, Patrick. 2008. "National Overviews." State Juvenile Justice Profiles. Pittsburgh, PA: National Center for Juvenile Justice. Online. Available: http://www.ncjj.org/stateprofiles/.

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