Juvenile Justice
Letter to the Editor of Seven Days on Children in Criminal Court
January 20, 2024
Dear Editor:
Columbia Justice Lab Supports Raise the Age in Vermont
Columbia Justice Lab's New Report Shows Decline in Delinquency Caseloads After Raise the Age Implementation
A new report from the Emerging Adult Justice Project at the Columbia Justice Lab, shows that Vermont has absorbed delinquency cases of 18-year-olds in Family Court (Phase 1 of the law’s implementation) without any increase in key delinquency caseloads and, in fact, has experienc