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Juvenile Delinquency Court Assessment Project

Juvenile Delinquency Court Assessment Project. Association for Criminal Justice Research Sacramento, California March 14, 2008. What is JDCA. Statewide assessment of delinquency court system Assess delinquency court’s processes and needs

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Juvenile Delinquency Court Assessment Project

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  1. Juvenile Delinquency Court Assessment Project Association for Criminal Justice Research Sacramento, California March 14, 2008

  2. What is JDCA • Statewide assessment of delinquency court system • Assess delinquency court’s processes and needs • Identify areas for improvement and develop recommendations for the Judicial Council to consider.

  3. Approach • 5 mail-in surveys– courts and justice partners • 30 interviews, 25 focus groups • 6 study counties: Los Angeles, Placer, Riverside, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Siskiyou • 9 court facilities

  4. Research Informants • Judicial officers • Court administrators • Probation staff • Attorneys (prosecution and defense) • Youth and families • Victims • Community members and organizations

  5. Areas of Inquiry • Court processes: hearing management, legal advocacy & probation reports • System responses: services and sanctions • Court management: accountability, collaboration, court resource needs • Professionals in the courts • Treatment of court users

  6. Sample Findings

  7. User perceptions • Barriers to participation • Lack of comprehensible hearings • Distrust of juvenile court’s purpose

  8. Hearing Management • Crowded calendars v. continuances for cause • Most uncontested hearings – full and 1/2 waits • ½ JOs get through calendar to their satisfaction • Continuances can be damaging or beneficial • No data on prevalence or causes

  9. Next steps • Report release: April 25 • Implementation projects • Local delinquency assessments?

  10. www.courtinfo.ca.gov

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