Recriminalizing Delinquency presents a case study of legislation that redefines previous acts of delinquency
as crimes, and delinquents as juvenile offenders. It examines one state's response to violent juvenile crime through
waiver legislation that transfers jurisdiction over juveniles from juvenile court to criminal court. It focuses
on the creation, implementation, and effects of waiver legislation that lowered the eligible age of criminal responsibility
to thirteen for murder and fourteen for other violent offenses.