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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for juvenile court records
1 results foundAuthor: Shah, Riya Saha Title: Failed Policies, Forfeited Futures: A Nationwide Scorecard on Juvenile Records Summary: Failed Policies, Forfeited Futures: A Nationwide Scorecard on Juvenile Records, is the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of state policies that govern the confidentiality and expungement of juvenile court and law enforcement records. No state earned the maximum five-star rating, with the national average coming in at three stars out of the possible five stars. Millions of youth are arrested each year in the United States; 95% of these youth are arrested for non-violent offenses. Arrests and court involvement leads to the creation of juvenile records - all containing details about a child's family, social history, mental health history, substance abuse history, education and involvement with the law. While access to this information by law enforcement and youth-serving agencies is necessary to provide treatment and rehabilitative services to youth, many states also allow widespread access to media, employers, government agencies and victims or sell the data to for-profit companies. Once disclosed, this information is difficult, if not impossible, to recall and can permanently stigmatize youth interfering with their ability to obtain a job, secure housing, pursue higher education, join the military or access public benefits. To ensure that records do not limit future opportunities, sealing (closed to the public) and expungement (destruction) of juvenile records should be available to all youth. Details: Philadelphia: Juvenile Law Center, 2014. 20p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 18, 2014 at: http://juvenilerecords.jlc.org/juvenilerecords/documents/publications/scorecard.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United States URL: http://juvenilerecords.jlc.org/juvenilerecords/documents/publications/scorecard.pdf Shelf Number: 134131 Keywords: ExpungementJuvenile Court RecordsJuvenile Offenders (U.S.) |