STATUS OFFENDERS IN WASHINGTON'S JUVENILE COURTS - CHOICES FOR THE CHILD AND THE SYSTEM

• NCJ Number: 68843
• Author(s): J VANRAVENHORST; P COLE; C PEPPER; D HARRIS
• Editor(s): C WATTS
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 167 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; Washington Law and Justice Planning Office; Washington State Planning and Community Affairs Agency; Washington State
• Corporate Author: Battelle Human Affairs Research Ctrs
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. PREPARED FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE CONFERENCE ON STATUS OFFENDERS, DECEMBER, 1976

Annotation

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON STATUS OFFENDERS IN THE JUVENILE COURTS, BOTH NATIONALLY AND IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IS PROVIDED IN PAPERS PREPARED FOR THE 1976 WASHINGTON STATE CONFERENCE ON STATUS OFFENDERS.

Abstract

A DISCUSSION WHICH DEFINES THE STATUS OFFENDER AND REVIEWS THE ISSUES OF STATUS OFFENDER INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION PRECEDES A PAPER ON THE HISTORY OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES. ANOTHER PAPER CONSIDERS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN WASHINGTON STATE. OTHER DISCUSSIONS COVER THE STRUCTURE OF WASHINGTON'S PRESENT JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE POSITION OF STATUS OFFENDERS IN THAT SYSTEM. A REVIEW OF THE PROGRAMS FOR STATUS OFFENDERS IN INDIVIDUAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS FOLLOWED BY A FINAL PAPER WHICH PRESENTS OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS ON THE DETENTION AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF STATUS OFFENDERS AND ON JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION, AND PROPOSALS FOR CHANGES. AUTHORS INCLUDE A RESEARCH ANALYST FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, THE DIRECTOR OF SKAGIT COUNTY JUVENILE COURT SERVICES, A RESEARCH EDITOR IN THE BATTELLE SEMINARS AND STUDIES PROGRAM, AND A JUVENILE SPECIALIST FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE LAW AND JUSTICE PLANNING OFFICE. TABLES AND FOOTNOTES ARE INCLUDED. APPENDIXES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION OVER STATUS OFFENDERS, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE SKAGIT COUNTY EDITION.