Raise the Age
Emerging Adult Justice Project Reports
States Considering Raising the Age to Extend Juvenile Court Jurisdiction Over the 18th Birthday (Updated as of May 2024)
Arrests of youths under age 21 down in MA, but racial disparities worse (Davis, Feb. 2024)
Hot and Cold Cognition: Understanding Emerging Adults’ Cognitive Reasoning (Barkin, Dec. 2021)
Massachusetts Task Force on Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System’s Report Released February 28, 2020 (EAJP, Feb. 2020)
Raising the Upper Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction: Implications of Federal JJDPA and PREA Requirements (EAJP, Dec. 2019)
Report to The Vermont Legislature: Report on Act 201 Implementation Plan Report & Recommendations (Vastine et al., Nov. 2019)
Emerging Adult Justice in Illinois: Towards an Age-Appropriate Approach (Siringil Perker et al., Jan. 2019)
Youth Justice in Europe: Experience of Germany, the Netherlands, and Croatia in Providing Developmentally Appropriate Responses to Emerging Adults in the Criminal Justice System (Matthews et al., Jul. 2018)
Emerging Adult Justice in Massachusetts: Combating the Crisis: Using Justice Reform to Address the Drug Epidemic Among Emerging Adults (Siringil Perker & Chester, Jan. 2018)
Emerging Adult Justice in Massachusetts: Emerging Adults: A distinct population that calls for an age-appropriate approach by the justice system (Siringil Perker & Chester, Jun. 2017)
Public Safety and Emerging Adults in Connecticut: Providing Effective and Developmentally Appropriate Responses for Youth Under Age 21 (Chester & Schiraldi, Dec. 2016)
Community-Based Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adults (Schiraldi et al., Sep. 2015) ***This publication provided the basis for the creation of the Emerging Adult Justice Project
Editorials and Op-Eds
State definition of ‘juvenile o!ender’ should follow the science (Boston Globe Editorial Board, April 2024)
An Unfinished Piece of Criminal Justice Reform Business: Raising the Age for Juvenile Offenders (Boston Globe Editorial Board, May 2023)
Teran, Robinson, Pacheco: Raise Juvenile Court Age So Young People Can Thrive (Teran et al., Dec. 2021)
Emerging Adults Need a Justice System Guided by Facts (Chester, Jul. 2021)
Can We Reimagine Juvenile Justice for Gen Z? (Chester, Jul. 2021)
It’s Time to Raise the Age (Blitzman, Jun. 2020)
Juvenile Justice System Can, and Should, Serve Older Youth (Garinger, Jan. 2020)
Opinion: Young Offenders Don’t Belong in Adult Prisons. California Has a Chance to End the Practice (Schiraldi, Jan. 2020)
Raising the Age for Juvenile Court Jurisdiction is Smart Public Safety Policy (Tewksbury, Dec. 2019)
NFL Players Back State Bill Supporting Young Offenders (McCourty & McCourty, Nov. 2019)
Dick Sears and Vincent Schiraldi: Vermont Leads the Way on Juvenile Justice Reform (Sears & Schiraldi, Jul. 2018)
Op-Ed: Think Outside Box to Deal with Young Adult Criminals (Cousins Jr. & Tompkins, Feb. 2017)
Why 21 Year-Old Offenders Should be Tried in Family Court (Schiraldi & Western, Oct. 2015)
18-Year-Olds Can Barely Rent Cars. Are They Old Enough for Jail? (Scharfenberg, Nov. 2017)
OPINION: State Bill Raising Age for Juvenile Prosecution Would Make Seattle Safer (Chester, Apr. 2021)
