| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Juvenile justice, Administration of. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Simkins, Sandra, 1965- When kids get arrested. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009 9780813546384 (DLC) 2009000782 (OCoLC)298113168 |
| ISBN |
9780813548180 (electronic book) |
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0813548187 (electronic book) |
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9780813546384 (hardback) |
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0813546389 (hardback) |
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9780813546391 (paperback) |
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0813546397 (paperback) |
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