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Within the last decade, new laws and policy implementations have occurred which fostered a growing juvenile justice population. Bills such as SB160 also known as, “Back the Badge”, passed in Georgia this 2017 legislative session, which criminalizes thirteen years, giving them a felony charge if convicted. Other states have also followed Georgia with their legislation, making it easier to try and incarcerate youth leading to approximately 200,00 youth under the age of 18 being tried as an adult each year without dealing with the root causes of their behavior.1 Because states reduced the age of their criminal court jurisdiction it increased the prosecutorial power to “direct file” youth into criminal court; resulting in the creation of offense-based

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