Raise the Age – Juvenile Justice Reform
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-01-13 — Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment Act: cross-connection with csafe-act-coercion-minors: CSAFE Act’s pathway to federally prosecute offenders as young as 13 as adults intersects directly with juvenile-justice ‘raise the age’ debates over adult prosecution of minors. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-09-17 — To lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age.: cross-connection with dc-juvenile-adult-prosecution-age: Directly opposing policy directions on juvenile transfer thresholds — one lowering the age for adult prosecution in DC, the other raising it in juvenile justice systems generally. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-09-17 — D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025: cross-connection with dc-crimes-act-youth-sentencing: Both address the statutory cutoff age for youth/juvenile treatment in criminal sentencing — DC CRIMES Act would lower it (24→18) while Raise the Age proposals move in the opposite direction. (novelty: 3)