Full Description
Designed as supplemental material for juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice courses, Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Delinquency: Case Studies Workbook fills a void in current textbooks. This workbook provides a hands-on experience that helps students understand the kinds of court hearings that take place in juvenile and family courts. It presents information about actual cases and prompts students to make decisions and design court orders for typical juvenile court cases.
The case scenarios range from cases at the juvenile court intake level all the way to cases in which students must decide whether a young person should be waived into the criminal system to be tried as an adult.
The book allows students to compare their choices with those of the actual judge or referee, and also gives information as to the outcome for the young person after the court's decision. This information helps students gauge the soundness of their own decisions based on the impacts of the actual decision reached by the judge or referee. Each chapter also contains statistics, facts, court decisions, and information about policies that enable a better understanding of the juvenile justice system.
This workbook provides a unique opportunity for students to experience what it is like to face decisions in the juvenile court system. By engaging with the information and cases laid out in a more hands-on manner than offered in typical related textbooks, students will gain a greater appreciation for the decisions juvenile court judges and referees have to make on a daily basis.
Contents
JUVENILE COURTS AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. Invention of the Juvenile Court. The Juvenile Justice Process. JUVENILE COURT HEARINGS. Scope of the Juvenile Justice System. What Rights Do Juveniles Have in the Juvenile Court? Who Are the Players in Juvenile Court Hearings? The First Step: Intake Hearings. YOU MAKE THE CALL IN JUVENILE COURT HEARINGS. Decisions at Intake. Initial Hearings. Adjudication Hearings. Disposition Hearings. TRANSFERRING JUVENILES TO ADULT COURTS: YOU MAKE THE CALL IN WAIVER HEARINGS. Waiver Hearings. Sentences after a Waiver Hearing. YOU MAKE THE CALL IN OTHER KINDS OF JUVENILE COURT HEARINGS. Violation of Probation Hearings. Neglect and Abuse Hearings. Review Hearings. Drug Courts. APPEALS AND THE LAST WORD. Appeals of Juvenile Court Cases. Wrapping It Up.
