NCJ Number
166721
Journal
Advocate Volume: 18 Issue: 4 Dated: (July 1996) Pages: 16-23
Date Published
1996
Length
8 pages
Annotation
Forty-one laws addressing crime, the criminal justice system, and related issues enacted by the Kentucky legislature in 1996 are summarized.
Abstract
Individual bills prohibited courts from ordering mediation in domestic assault cases unless requested by a victim, limited the persons to be notified upon the release of an individual from jail, required sellers of tobacco products to require proof of age from young tobacco buyers, and set standards of operation and licensure requirements for nonresidential methadone clinics and narcotic treatment programs. Additional laws related to testimony in child sexual abuse cases, the fraudulent use of educational records, jailers' transportation of prisoners, concealed weapons, expulsion of students who bring weapons to school, child fatality review boards, and criminal record checks on persons seeking employment involving children. Further laws related to tuberculosis control, juvenile justice, medical costs assigned to inmates, jail standards, inmate litigation, home incarceration during pretrial release, and other topics.