Abstract
The purpose of this article is to examine what is needed to assess the issues of fairness and effectiveness, which are central to the rationales underpinning transfer policies. We start by considering the adequacy of the data that most often used to learn about transfer. We then report the findings from an in-depth study of local records. This field research illustrates how complex information gathering is on matters relevant to transfer. We then use the more detailed processing information gained from our study of local records to profile transfer cases and assess the comparability between criminal court transfers and their juvenile matches, who were selected on the basis of statewide automated data. The implications of the results for studying the fairness and effectiveness of transfer are then discussed.
Recommended Citation
Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, Charles E. Frazier, and Donna M. Bishop,
Juvenile Transfers in Florida: The Worst of the Worst?,
10 U. Fla. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y
(1999).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/jlpp/vol10/iss2/3