Edit: I edited this comment to reflect the 'vast majority of cases transferred to adult court are for non-violent offences' - not - 'the vast majority of juveni

Edit: I edited this comment to reflect the 'vast majority of cases transferred to adult court are for non-violent offences' - not - 'the vast majority of juvenile cases are waived to adult court' which was my original interpretation. Only about 1/2 of Juvenile cases are even processed, and a tiny amount, about 0.6% go to adult court. [1] And if by 'vast majority of cases are for non-violent offences' you mean to say about 1/2 - then that's about right. (About 1/2 of the cases that are waived to adult court involve 'crimes against the person', the other 1/2 are property theft, drugs, public disorder). That some are for violent offences, some are for other types of crimes is relevant, but less so in the context that very few cases go to adult court. As for race: Black people are more likely to be waived to 'adult court' but it's mostly a function of the fact they are significantly more likely to be involved in physical crimes against the person, i.e. assault. Though they are overrepresented in all crimes. - for drugs and theft, they are less overrepresented, and White kids, for example are relatively more likely to go to 'adult court' for such crimes (i.e. drugs and theft) given the case rate. Because of the seriousness of violent crimes, which are inherently more likely to be referred to adult court, and the significant overrepresentation of Black kids in that category - more of them in are referred to adult court in relative terms. But the differential between races is small, and, the overall share of cases waived to adult court is quite small. Again: we have completely different systems for adults and juveniles. [1] https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/njcda/pdf/jcs2016.pdf https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/njcda/pdf/jcs2016.pdf