When kids get arrested: what every adult should know

Overview of the juvenile court -- Interrogation : what the police don't what you to know -- Arrest -- Detention hearing : will they keep the child in custody? -- Pre-trial issues : what to do before the trial -- Should the child take a deal or go to trial? -- Will the juvenile record go away wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simkins, Sandra (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, NJ [u.a.] Rutgers University Press c2009
In:Year: 2009
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 4392
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Keywords:
Juvenile justice, Administration of > United States
Ratgeber
USA > Jugendgerichtsbarkeit
USA > Jugendstrafverfahren
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Summary:Overview of the juvenile court -- Interrogation : what the police don't what you to know -- Arrest -- Detention hearing : will they keep the child in custody? -- Pre-trial issues : what to do before the trial -- Should the child take a deal or go to trial? -- Will the juvenile record go away when the child becomes an adult? -- Disposition hearing (sentencing) : asking the court to provide services -- How to succeed on probation -- When the child is sent to residential placement -- Transferring children to adult criminal court -- School search issues -- When children get suspended or expelled : school discipline and zero tolerance policies -- Special education issues -- Does race matter? -- Children with mental health issues -- Institutional abuse : is the child in danger? -- The special needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth -- The special needs of girls -- When the child is charged with a sexual offense
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XIII, 215 S.
ISBN:9780813546384
9780813546391