One criticism of transfer concerns “the paucity of careful attention to matters of theory when discussing transfer policy…” (Fagan & Zimring, 2000, p. 3).1 The overarching Theory/Proposition (hereinafter T/P) is:
Transfer to criminal court is designed to remove young offenders, who, due to their problems or behavior, are considered by a judge or a prosecutor to be too chronic, too old and/or too violent to be rehabilitated or punished within the sanctions/treatment programs available to the system (Sanborn, 1994a. p. 267).2
These juvenile offenders do not deserve immunity from criminal prosecution; they deserve to be transferred to CC. Not all juvenile offenders deserve relatively benevolent JC treatment.