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The Importance of Timely Case Processing in Non-Detained Juvenile Delinquency Cases
Publication year:
2006
| Cataloged on:
Jan. 09, 2007
ANNOTATION: "This Bulletin offers a number of examples of promising practices and programs that can help courts expedite case processing of non-detained delinquency cases, by far the largest group of cases referred to juvenile courts, and highlights emerging research that reconfirms the link between case processing delays and recurring court involvement" (p.1). Sections of this publication include: introduction/background; why timely response is so important; what the research tells us about the impact of timely juvenile court intervention; brief review of key case processing stages; what the Juvenile Delinquency Guidelines say about the importance of "timely and just decisions"; addressing caseload backlogs; how to define “timely” case processing and the data needed to measure it; a model for setting case processing time standards; tracking delinquency case processing timelines; hypothetical example of comprehensive, component-based, graduated case processing time standards for non-detained cases; some realistic (and a fordable) options for the courts to consider; youth courts; Accountability Boards, Community Justice Committees, and community courts; timely intervention for status offenders; school-based intake probation officers; the Fast-Track Diversion Program; Juvenile Assessment Centers; mental health system liaisons; expedited dockets, seven basic steps for improving timely court processing of non-detained delinquency cases; and conclusions.