Waiting for Justice: Moving Young Offenders Through the Juvenile Court Process

• NCJ Number: 164271
• Author(s): J A Butts; G J Halemba
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 178 pages
• Grant Number(s): 92-JN-CX-0002
• Sponsoring Agency: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; National Ctr for Juvenile Justice; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Sale Source: National Ctr for Juvenile Justice; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This book documents the extent of processing delays in juvenile and family courts, identifies the correlates of delay and evaluates methods used to control delay.

Abstract

This volume: (1) discusses the social, legal and organizational issues related to delays in the juvenile justice system; (2) presents findings from the research literature on the causes of delay in both the juvenile court and the adult justice system; (3) summarizes findings from a survey of judges, attorneys and administrators from 123 local juvenile justice systems; (4) presents three case studies of delinquency processing practices and delay problems in urban juvenile courts; (5) analyzes national patterns in delinquency case processing time using delinquency case records contributed to the National Juvenile Court Data Archive by jurisdictions across the country; and (6) presents conclusions and recommendations for juvenile justice professionals and policymakers. Tables, figures, references, notes, cases cited, appendix