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JUVENILE JUSTICE STANDARDS PROJECT - STANDARDS RELATING TO PROSECUTION - TENTATIVE DRAFT

NCJ Number
42751
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1977
Length
100 pages
Annotation
PART OF A SERIES DESIGNED TO COVER THE SPECTRUM OF PROBLEMS PERTAINING TO THE LAWS AFFECTING CHILDREN, THIS VOLUME CONTAINS STANDARDS AND COMMENTARY ON THE ROLE AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO ALL PHASES OF JUVENILE PROSECUTION.
Abstract
THIS SERIES WAS PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A JOINT COMMISSION ON JUVENILE JUSTICE STANDARDS APPOINTED BY THE INSTITUTE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. THE STANDARDS ARE INTENDED TO SERVE AS GUIDELINES FOR ACTION BY LEGISLATORS, JUDGES, ADMINISTRATORS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES, LOCAL CIVIC GROUPS, AND OTHERS CONCERNED WITH THE TREATMENT OF YOUTHS. INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME ARE STANDARDS RELATING TO ORGANIZATION OF THE JUVENILE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE JUVENILE PROSECUTOR, PROSECUTORIAL RELATIONS WITH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE PREADJUDICATION PHASE, ADJUDICATION, DISPOSITION, AND POST-DISPOSITION PROCEEDINGS. FOR THE ENTIRE SERIES, SEE NCJ-42751 TO 42754 AND NCJ-42780 TO 42790. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...DMC