Standards for Intervention and Adjudication - A Report From the National Advisory Committee on OJJDP (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) (From National Conference on Juvenile Justice - 8th 1981 - See NCJ-76585)

• NCJ Number: 76589
• Author(s): W J Mlyniec; M C Driscoll
• Date Published: 1981
• Length: 0 pages
• Sale Source: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. This is a selection on side two. It continues on side three. The running time is 24 minutes.

Annotation

Standards for intervention and adjudication that were prepared by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's OJJDP'S National Advisory Committee for the handling of juvenile cases are discussed at the 1981 National Conference on Juvenile Justice.

Abstract

The director of the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Law Center in Washington, D.C., explains the process used to select the standards and their organization into sections dealing with prevention, administration, intervention, adjudication, the supervisory process, and suggestions for implementation. A review of the principles underlying the standards is included. Then, a past president of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges discusses some of the standards. Bases for and forms of intervention receive attention, as do the criteria for referral detention, and protective custody decisions. Also discussed are the responsibilities of the intake unit and the establishment of police juvenile units. Court jurisdiction and organization, the selection of judges, and recommended court procedures are reviewed; and standards relating to temporary dispositions, adjudication, and disposition are explained. A table of contents is included.