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Juvenile Delinquency Guidelines: Improving Court Practice in Juvenile Delinquency Cases
Publication year:
2005
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The "essential elements of effective practice in juvenile delinquency cases" are described. Chapters comprising this book are: foundations for a juvenile delinquency court of excellence; general issues relating to the juvenile delinquency court process; initiating the juvenile delinquency court process; the detention or initial hearing; hearings on motions to waive juvenile delinquency court jurisdiction and transfer jurisdiction to adult criminal court; the trial/adjudication hearing; the disposition hearing; the appeals process; post-disposition review of delinquent youth who remain in the home with court ordered services; post-disposition review of delinquent youth placed out of the home by juvenile delinquency court order; probation and parole violations; and the journey to becoming a juvenile delinquency court of excellence. Also included are a glossary of terms and the following checklists: Detention or Initial Hearing; Waiver and Transfer Hearing; Trial/Adjudication Hearing; Disposition Hearing; Post-Disposition Review (In Home); Post-Disposition Review (Out of Home); and Probation and Parole Violation Hearing.