➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Would ‘raise the age’ laws reduce recidivism?
Pew Charitable Trust: Stateline – May 31, 2017
Several states that prosecute 16-year-old offenders as adults are reconsidering that approach.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2017/05/31/how-raise-the-age-laws-might-reduce-recidivism