Source F
Duley, Sean. "Punish Young." The New York Times. NY, 2010. Print.
Duley, Sean. "Punish Young." The New York Times. NY, 2010. Print.
The following paragrpah of data is drawn from a newspaper article about juvenile crime statistics.
Sentencing outcomes
for 4,101 juvenile felony defendants convicted in criminal courts reveal that
64% received some form of incarceration, prison or jail, as the most serious
penalty. Forty-three percent of
those convicted were sentenced to prison, and 20% to jail as their most serious
incarceration penalty. Jail sentences are for short- term confinement (usually
for a year or less) in a county or city facility, while prison sentences are
for long-term confinement (usually for over a year) in a State facility. About
25% received non-incarceration sentences as the most serious penalty —
primarily probation. Less than 1% of all con- victed juvenile felony defendants
received a fine as the most serious penalty.