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Raising the Age for Juvenile Jurisdiction in Illinois: Medical Science, Adolescent Competency, and Cost

Walsh, Richard F.
June 4, 2015

Source: (2008) Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, vol. 39:767-797

The author proposes that the costs of changing Illinois law so that a minor is defined as a person under the age of eighteen are not as great as critics of the measure hold.

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