Adolescent Development Unconsidered - Facts Related to Youth in the Adult Criminl Legal System

Authors

• Stephen Phillippi, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow

Abstract

After three administrations, including republican and democrat leadership, and over two-decades of bi-partisan justice reform, Louisiana has elected to likely return to a time when we were known as the incarceration capital of the world. There were numerous reasons for the reforms that happened, including federal lawsuits, supreme court rulings, new evidence of what works in juvenile justice, and a renewed focus on community programs to support youth and families (both victims and delinquent youth). These reforms focused on increasing public safety, improving outcomes, being more developmentally responsive, and responsibly lowering reliance on incarceration. The commentary that follows is solely aimed at memorializing facts and information that may not have been considered during a recent special session on crime, which resulted in Act 13 and effectively moves 17-year-old youth (regardless of offense) out of the juvenile justice system and into the adult criminal system- its courts, jails, and prisons as of April 2024.

DOI

10.59020/87651

Recommended Citation

Phillippi, Stephen (2024) "Adolescent Development Unconsidered - Facts Related to Youth in the Adult Criminl Legal System," Journal of the Louisiana Public Health Association: Vol. 4: No. 1, Article 3.
DOI: 10.59020/87651
Available at: https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/jlpha/vol4/iss1/3