This conference focused on the findings of the November, 2007 report released by the Center for Disease Center, Effects on Violence of Laws and Policies Facilitating the Transfer of Youth from the Juvenile to the Adult Justice System, and its implications for the field of juvenile justice. Through a systematic review of the published scientific evidence, this report determined that trying youth in the adult criminal justice system significantly increases future rates of violence. On the basis of these findings, the task force issuing the report recommended against laws and policies that facilitate transfer.

The conference was hosted by the law firm of Covington & Burling and jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Bar Association Criminal Justice and Individual Rights Committee, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, DC Lawyers for Youth, Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Clinic, Campaign for Youth Justice, Justice for DC Youth,  the Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center, the National Juvenile Defender Center, and  the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.

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