New book offers proposals for dealing with juveniles who commit crime / Eurekalert, 1 October 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/tu-nbo100108.php
"Prosecuting juvenile offenders as adults has become politically expedient over the past two decades. While such action is intended to reduce crime, evidence suggests it may be having the opposite impact, according to a new book co-authored by a Temple University developmental psychologist."