The Case for Raising the Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction Has Only Grown Stronger  

“Since Massachusetts raised the age to include 17-year-olds, we have seen a 51 percent reduction in juvenile crime rates,” writes The Honorable Jay Blitzman, retired first justice of the Mass. Juvenile Court and a part-time lecturer at Northeastern Law, in an opinion piece for CommonWealth. “I am confident this history will be repeated if we begin the process of raising the age of juvenile court jurisdiction further.”