Legislatures Set the Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction

Legislatures set the age of juvenile jurisdiction

A) and can lower it making more older youth subject to juvenile prosecution
B) and can lower it for designated crimes so that very young people can be transferred to adult criminal court
C) and can raise it making more youth subject to criminal prosecution in adult court
D) and usually set the age based on psychological studies of the age at which youth mature enough to justify criminal prosecution