This brief report, updated for 2007, highlights variations in states’ juvenile delinquency purpose clauses. Download Publication
This brief report, updated for 2007, compares how various states handle the issue of confidentiality in juvenile delinquency hearings. This 2007 update reports that 14 states had statutes and/or court rules that permit or require…
‘Once an Adult/Always an Adult’ provisions say that if a juvenile’s delinquency proceeding originated in or was transferred to criminal court then he or she is forever excluded from juvenile court jurisdiction. This brief report…
This brief report highlights state laws permitting or prohibiting the detention of juveniles in adult facilities when they are transferred to criminal court, updated for 2007. Download Publication
This brief report highlight laws giving states specific statutory contempt powers over the parent or parents of a delinquent child. Statutes like these give the court the power to punish parents who willfully disobey court…
This brief report, updated for 2007, summarizes state provisions allowing or requiring a jury trial in termination of parental rights cases. Only six states have either statutes or case law providing for a jury trial.…
This report briefly highlights state variations in provision of notice to foster parents in dependency cases. Download Publication
This brief report reviews state law and proposed legislation on the ability of a child to petition to restore terminated parental rights. Most states have no law on the subject; this report distinguished those few…
This publication presents the findings of Allegheny County’s (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s) aftercare assessment, discusses what it will take to bring Pennsylvania aftercare practice into line with the goals of the Joint Policy Statement, and describes some…
This brief report, updated for 2007, highlights state variations in provisions governing the fingerprinting of juveniles. Whether fingerprinting is allowed generally turns on the juvenile’s age and the type of offense. Download Publication
This publication focuses on alternative response child protection models, examines the national data on alternative response structures, and reviews Ohio’s implementation of an alternative response model. Efforts in Minnesota and Missouri are also discussed. [MORELINK]…
This article reviews the changes underway in Pennsylvania focused on providing appropriate aftercare to juveniles returning to the community from placement. Pennsylvania was designated the first state for the MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change initiative,…