Legal Question in Criminal Law in New Jersey

Re: appelic division

waiver is a proceeding by which a minor may be transferred from Juvenile court to the adult Criminal court. the decision is located at:

http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/appellate/a6156-00.opn.html

Re: appelic division

You state in your question that RC refers to waiving juveniles to adults. What does RC stand for? Here is what I found preliminarily, and I hope this helps you.

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Minimum Age and Offenses for Which a Juvenile Can Be Transferred to Criminal Court in Every State, 1997

http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/tryingjuvasadult/table7.html

Special Transfer Treatment Based on Prior Record

Transfer statutes in 25 States single out juveniles with specified prior offense histories for adverse treatment. Of course, a sufficiently serious record of past involvement with the law would often be relevant to a waiver determination, and in fact this is one factor for consideration suggested in the U.S. Supreme Court�s Kent decision (see Transfer Criteria). However, 25 States go further than this, either by defining a direct file or statutory exclusion category to include juveniles with previous delinquency adjudications or by requiring less of a showing for the waiver of juveniles with specified delinquency histories.

http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/tryingjuvasadult/analyses4.html

See also pertinent article at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/pjjr.txt