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Juvenile Justice

Wisconsin

• Agencies / Organizations
  • WI Dept. of Corrections, Division of Juvenile Corrections
    
• Forms
  • Juvenile Court Forms (WI Court System)
• Local Government
  • Dane Co.
    • Dane County Juvenile Court Resource Booklet
      delinquency & JIPS, CHIPS, termination of parental rights, adoption, juvenile restraining orders, etc.
    • Parent's Guide to the Juvenile Court
• Juvenile Justice Forms & Guides from Wisconsin Counties (WI State Law Library)

National

• Agencies / Organizations
  • National Center for Juvenile Justice
  • National Juvenile Defender Center
  • U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Juvenile Justice (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
• Juvenile Justice (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
  Commentary with links to federal statutes, etc.
• Juvenile Justice Guidebook for Legislators (National Conference of State Legislatures)
• State Juvenile Justice Profiles (National Center for Juvenile Justice)
  Analysis of each state's juvenile justice system. Information about state laws, policies & practices, and links to individuals & agencies.
• Understanding Adolescents:  A Juvenile Court Training Curriculum (National Juvenile Defender Center)
  Six-part curriculum that includes:
  • Kids Are Different: How Knowledge of Adolescent Development Theory Can Aid Decision-Making in Court
  • Talking to Teens in the Justice System: Strategies for Interviewing Adolescent Defendants, Witnesses & Victims
  • Mental Health Assessments in the Justice System: How to Get High-Quality Evaluations & What to Do With Them in Court
  • The Pathways to Youth Violence: How Child Maltreatment & Other Risk Factors Lead Children to Chronically Aggressive Behavior
  • Special Ed Kids in the Justice System: How to Recognize & Treat Young People with Disabilities That Compromise their Ability to Comprehend, Learn & Behave
  • Evaluating Youth Competence in the Justice System.
• When Juveniles are Tried in Adult Criminal Court(Nolo.com)
• Youth Courts
  • Youth Courts Guide (American Bar Assoc.)
    Overview of teen, student, and peer courts and the types of cases most often heard in youth courts.
    

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: Ch. 938 "Juvenile Justice Code"
• WI Statutes: 973.014 "Sentence of Life Imprisonment"
• Opinions
  • On Point Case Summaries (2010-) (WI State Public Defender)
• U.S. Code: 42 USC 5601-5785 "Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention"

Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.

County Resources

Recommended links from our County Resources database:

• Court Forms

  • Juvenile (Milwaukee Juvenile Court)
  Last Updated: April 19, 2013 | Up to Top