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Police and Court Handling of Juveniles
A Guide to Selected Government Information Available at WIU's Government Publications Library (Prepared by Lara D. LaDage - 1/99; revised 6/06) Web version of this guide includes links to web resources. Federal Government Information
Developing and Administering Accountability-Based Sanctions for Juveniles. An overview of programs and approaches that succeed in holding juveniles accountable for their actions. 1999 Trying Juveniles as Adults in Criminal Courts: An Analysis of State Transfer Programs. This website explains transfer mechanisms by which juveniles are placed in the criminal justice system at the state level for serious crimes and describes case movement from criminal court to juvenile court. Juvenile Felony Defendants in Criminal Courts. This website presents findings on juvenile felony defendants tried as adults. A 75-county comparison is made between the number of juveniles tried as adults versus the number of juveniles tried in juvenile court.
Juvenile Justice.
This periodical is devoted to curbing juvenile delinquency and
preventing juvenile crime. It gives relevant, current information on
keeping children safe, the juvenile court system, etc.
Teen Court.This
article discusses the methodology and concepts of the teen court
process. Specific examples from the Panama City, Florida program offer
insight. 1997
Offenders in Juvenile Court.
An annual, statistical look at cases handled by United States juvenile
courts, including cases per year, case rates, and age and gender of the
offender.
Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment: An Implementation Guide for Teen Court Programs.
An explanation of the concept of teen courts and a guide for starting
such a program. Describes recruitment and program evaluation. 1996.
Juvenile Crime: Breaking the Cycle of Violence. This hearing
seeks effective solutions to violence by and against juveniles and
includes testimonies of judges, civilians, and prevention groups. 1996.
Detention in Delinquency Cases 1987-1996.
A look at the cases handled by juvenile courts, specifically those
involving delinquency, and the change in statistics from 1987 to 1996.
1999.
The Juvenile Drug Court Movement.
This publication, offered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, examines the amount of money spent on drug
courts nationwide, as well as the adaptations made by drug courts in
order to adapt to the increasing number of offenders. 1997.
The National Juvenile Court Data Archive: Collecting Data Since 1927.
This publication gives background information on the collection and
distribution of juvenile justice data since the early 1930's. It also
provides tips for researching historical governmental and
nongovernmental juvenile justice data. 1997.
Juveniles Prosecuted in State Criminal Courts.
This publication gives information about juveniles who are tried as
adults in criminal courts. Tables summarize state provisions
implemented in processing juveniles and the types of cases that
prosecutors' offices handle. A map depicts the upper age limit for
defendants in state juvenile courts. 1997.
Kids, Cops, and Communities.
This report, designed to assist law enforcement personnel develop
collaborative efforts with neighborhood youth organizations, recognizes
that popular approaches for handling juvenile violence haven't worked.
Case studies of successful team efforts involving police and
organizations such as the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the Boy
Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the YMCA, and 4-H are presented. June 1998 lllinois Government Information
Trends and Issues. This yearly publication by the Illinois
Criminal Justice Information Authority contains a section devoted to
juvenile justice. It presents statistics on the number of juveniles
taken into police custody each year, the types of cases filed,the
number of juveniles being tried as adults, and the type of sanctions
juvenile offenders receive. Legal Information
"Nobody's Child".
This article is part of a special report on the nation's child welfare
system. Individual cases exemplify instances where the court failed to
protect children and Florida and Illinois are shown to represent the
typical situation. Charts provide data on the numbers of children in
court-supervised nonparental care and on the states having the most and
the least children in the welfare system.
"Opening the Doors to Juvenile Court: Is There an Emerging Right of Public Access?"
This article describes the relationship between the media and access to
juvenile trial information by looking at public access rights in
individual state decisions, statutes, and Constitutions.
"Juvenile Justice Reform in Context". This article looks at the juvenile justice system today, it's origins, its problems, and its potential solutions.
"Emancipation and Execution: Transferring Children to Criminal Court in Capital Cases".
This arguement for the reform of the juvenile court system highlights
various reform methods and states that juvenile courts should retain
jurisdiction over the most serious cases.
"Issues and Challenges In the Community Supervision of Juvenile Offenders".
This article explores answers to many questions related to juveniles in
the justice system, including level of judicial involvement, broad
goals, focus on which type of offenders, and length of time supervised.
Extended Jurisdiction Juvenile Prosecution: A New Approach To the Problem of Juvenile Delinquency in Illinois.
This article offers a new solution to juvenile delinquency: giving the
juvenile offender both a juvenile sanction and an adult criminal
sentence that is stayed dependent upon the child's completion of the
juvenile rehabilitation program. An overview of the strengths and
weaknesses of the American juvenile justice system is provided and a
proposal is made for the use of EJJP in Illinois.
Illinois Juvenile Law and Practice. This legal reference book
gives lawyers an overview of the juvenile justice process and assists
in preparing for a juvenile court case in the state of Illinois. 1997.
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