This conclusion has significant policy importance. In 1991, before the national wave of “get-tough” juvenile
justice measures, approximately 424,129 juveniles entered adult jail facilities. By the end of the wave of state legislation
in 1998, an additional 160,243 juveniles had entered adult jail facilities: an increase of about thirty-eight percent.
[FN51] In recent years, the number of juveniles serving prison sentences in adult facilities has fallen significantly. A
2006 study found that the number of youth in adult prison had fallen forty-five percent between 1995 and 2005.
[FN52] This may demonstrate an increased recognition that juveniles are not cognitively, emotionally, or physically
developed enough to survive in adult facilities. [FN53] Or, this may be a predictable result of declining juvenile
crime rates. Either way, the cost of incarcerating the reduced number of juvenile offenders remains extremely high:
in 2007, the states spent approximately $5.7 billion to incarcerate youth offenders. [FN54] If harsh juvenile legislation
does little to deter future juvenile offenders, states may be wise to reconsider their use of limited criminal justice
This conclusion has significant policy importance. In 1991, before the national wave of “get-tough” juvenilejustice measures, approximately 424,129 juveniles entered adult jail facilities. By the end of the wave of state legislationin 1998, an additional 160,243 juveniles had entered adult jail facilities: an increase of about thirty-eight percent.[FN51] In recent years, the number of juveniles serving prison sentences in adult facilities has fallen significantly. A2006 study found that the number of youth in adult prison had fallen forty-five percent between 1995 and 2005.[FN52] This may demonstrate an increased recognition that juveniles are not cognitively, emotionally, or physicallydeveloped enough to survive in adult facilities. [FN53] Or, this may be a predictable result of declining juvenilecrime rates. Either way, the cost of incarcerating the reduced number of juvenile offenders remains extremely high:in 2007, the states spent approximately $5.7 billion to incarcerate youth offenders. [FN54] If harsh juvenile legislationdoes little to deter future juvenile offenders, states may be wise to reconsider their use of limited criminal justice
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This conclusion has significant policy importance. In 1991, before the national wave of “get-tough” juvenile
justice measures, approximately 424,129 juveniles entered adult jail facilities. By the end of the wave of state legislation
in 1998, an additional 160,243 juveniles had entered adult jail facilities: an increase of about thirty-eight percent.
[FN51] In recent years, the number of juveniles serving prison sentences in adult facilities has fallen significantly. A
2006 study found that the number of youth in adult prison had fallen forty-five percent between 1995 and 2005.
[FN52] This may demonstrate an increased recognition that juveniles are not cognitively, emotionally, or physically
developed enough to survive in adult facilities. [FN53] Or, this may be a predictable result of declining juvenile
crime rates. Either way, the cost of incarcerating the reduced number of juvenile offenders remains extremely high:
in 2007, the states spent approximately $5.7 billion to incarcerate youth offenders. [FN54] If harsh juvenile legislation
does little to deter future juvenile offenders, states may be wise to reconsider their use of limited criminal justice
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