MARYLAND JOINT JUVENILE JUSTICE CONFERENCES - SUMMARY REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, MAY 1977

• NCJ Number: 42823
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 73 pages
• Corporate Author: Maryland Juvenile Services Admin
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE REPORT CONTAINS SUMMARIES OF DISCUSSIONS HELD AT THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE IN 1975, IN RESPONSE TO VIDEO-TAPED VIGNETTES HIGHLIGHTING CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE PROCESS OF ADJUDICATION OF JUVENILES IN MARYLAND.

Abstract

THIS REPORT OF THESE PROCEEDINGS IS DIVIDED ACCORDING TO THE VIGNETTE USED FOR EACH DISCUSSION. SPECIFIC POINTS OF DISCUSSION, ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED, AND THE DISCUSSION SURROUNDING THESE ISSUES ARE SUMMARIZED IN PARAGRAPH FORM REFERENCED TO THE TOPICAL OUTLINE OF EACH VIGNETTE PRESENTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CONFERENCE. ONE OF THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMINARS WAS TO BRIEF THE JUVENILE COURT JUDGES AND MASTERS ON THE CURRENT PROGRAM ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, AND ALSO TO BRIEF THEM ON THE MOST PRESSING CURRENT ISSUES CONFRONTING THE DEPARTMENT. ANOTHER OBJECTIVE WAS TO IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS INVOLVING THE COURT AND THE DEPARTMENT, IN PARTICULAR THE RECENT CHANGES IN THE JUVENILE CODE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)....KAP