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Author Simkins, Sandra, 1965-

Title When kids get arrested : what every adult should know / Sandra Simkins
Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) : illustrations
Contents Overview of the juvenile court -- Interrogation : what the police don't what you to know -- Arrest -- The detention hearing : will they keep the child in custody until trial? -- Pretrial issues : what to do between the detention hearing and 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 the services the child needs -- 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
Summary "Every year, millions of children across the country get arrested. What most adults do not know is that the juvenile justice system has become much more punitive in the last fifteen years. No longer is juvenile court a place where regardless of what happens you get a clean slate when you turn eighteen. Today almost every adjudication of delinquency is accompanied by adult-style fingerprinting, prior record score points, and DNA tests that can stay in a state repository for years. For every stage of the justice system, from arrest to expungement, When Kids Get Arrested gives "top tips" to help adults make the best choices to protect children from long-term negative consequences."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Juvenile justice, Administration of
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813548180
0813548187
1280492503
9781280492501
9786613587732
6613587737