Right on Crime discusses the costs of prosecuting some kids in juvenile court instead of adult court and cites our cost-benefit analysis of raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction in North Carolina. The analysis found that the policy change would generate an annual net cost of $49.2 million from the taxpayer or government perspective and $97.9 million in long-term benefits, per annual cohort of youth aged 16 and 17, from the youth perspective.

Right on Crime then concludes, "If the juvenile system is indeed better suited to 'redirect the behavior of youthful offenders', as one Wisconsin report found, in light of the substantial benefits, raising the juvenile age does, at the very least, seem to merit consideration."