NCJ Number
54310
Date Published
1977
Length
247 pages
Annotation
THIS HANDBOOK FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURTS LISTS STANDARDS AND LAWS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE JUVENILE COURT PROCESS AND PROVIDES A DIRECTORY OF COURT JUDGES, PROBATION OFFICERS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL PERSONNEL.
Abstract
THE STANDARDS COVER THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF JUVENILE COURT ADMINISTRATION, FROM JURISDICTION, DETENTION PROCEDURES AND FACILITIES, INTAKE, AND HEARINGS TO DISPOSITIONS, POLICE PROCEDURES, THE OPERATION OF JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICES, WRITTEN REPORTS TO JUDGES BY PROBATION OFFICERS, AND JUVENILE RECORDKEEPING. SELECTED LAW AFFECTING JUVENILE JUSTICE IN THE STATE ARE ALSO PROVIDED, INCLUDING THE JUVENILE ACT, RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE CODE, THE MENTAL HEALTH PROCEDURES ACT, THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ACT, AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY ACT OF 1974. THE APPENDED JUVENILE COURT PERSONNEL DIRECTORY CITES BY LOCALE, JUVENILE COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE SECTION OFFICERS, OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES, CHIEF JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICERS, AND PERSONNEL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, THE GOVERNOR'S JUSTICE COMMISSION, THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND THE SENATE AGING AND YOUTH COMMITTEE. (KBL)