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Youth Courts: An Empirical Update and Analysis of Future Organizational and Research Needs

Publication year: 2008 | Cataloged on: May. 23, 2008
ANNOTATION: This report examines operational concerns with youth courts (aka teen court, peer jury, or student court), volunteer activity, court maturation, and resource utilization. Sections comprising this document include: introduction; youth in the juvenile justice system; juvenile justice system costs; philosophy/framework and goals of youth courts; current youth courts study; issues of this study; issues of youth courts; and potential value of youth courts. The best estimate shows that youth courts cost 25% of those costs associated with traditional juvenile court.
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