In 1995 the state of Wisconsin transferred responsibility for juvenile delinquents and offenders from the Department of Health and Social Services to the Department of Corrections. This came the same year as the fear of a coming generation of 'super predators' drove policy decisions across the United States. As a result, Wisconsin implemented policy in 1996 that lowered the age of delinquency to age 10 and saw 17-year old's subject to involvement in the adult justice system a