I was curious of what juvenile transfer really meant so I went to a government website where the laws are explained. If a juvenile commits a serious crime like murder then they will have a juvenile transfer into criminal court to be tried as an adult. That was just an example though, juveniles can be transferred for any crime, a capital crime(murder), ant violent crime, or certain crimes committed by juveniles with prior records. There are also three types of transfer laws which are legislative (automatic transfer), judicial transfer, and prosecutorial-discretionary. These laws make it so that not all juveniles who have a run in with the law go to criminal court, only those with special cases.
Source: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/220595.pdf
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