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2 results foundAuthor: Heilbrunn, Joanna Zorn Title: Juvenile Detention for Colorado Truants: Exploring the Issues Summary: American society has been struggling with what to do with truant children for decades (Gavin, 1997). As unskilled jobs become a smaller proportion of the labor market, the problem of an inadequate educat ion becomes more cri tical. Those without high school degrees are encount ering an ever-narrower ra nge of job possibilities, increasing the risk of unemployment and decreasing the wages of those who do find unskilled employment. Truancy is one of the best predictors that a young person wi ll drop out of high school before completing a degree. Truants de monstrate little emotional attachment to their schools. Excessive absences push st udents, many of whom find school difficult to begin with, way behind in their school work. As a result, they achieve poor grades, and often fail to earn credit for their classes, discouraging them from pursuing high school to completion. Colorado law states that a child who has missed four days in one quarter or ten days in one school year due to unexcused ab sence is truant. Once a child meets this criteria, his or her school may file a truancy petition with the juven ile court. How soon that happens, and what steps a school takes prior to making a court filing, vary by school district and even by school. Strategies employed by different juvenile courts vary as well. Nonetheless, judicial districts around Colorado have begun to address the problem of truancy more seriously in recent years. Several districts have cr eated a truancy docket within their juvenile courts, assigning one magistrate to handle all truancy cases on one day each week. Restructuring in favor of a sp ecific truancy court has several benefits for schools as they consider whether to file a co urt case against a trua nt student. Of great importance to overcommitted school staff, is the fact that the ti me they must spend waiting at court for a case to be heard is minimized. Furthermore, they are assured greater consistency in how youth will be se ntenced, and know the magistrate will take each case they bring to court seriously. Some districts have initi ated truancy reduction programs that provide alternatives to the tr aditional court process, increasing social worker involvement with truants and th eir families. (Heilbrunn, 2003; Heilbrunn and Seeley, 2003. For information on a set of such programs operating nationwide see Gonzales, Richards, and Seeley, 2002.) Details: Denver: Colorado Foundation for Families and Children, 2004. 44p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 4, 2016 at: http://schoolengagement.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/JuvenileDetentionforColoradoTruantsExploringtheIssues.pdf Year: 2004 Country: United States URL: http://schoolengagement.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/JuvenileDetentionforColoradoTruantsExploringtheIssues.pdf Shelf Number: 130047 Keywords: Juvenile Detention School Attendance Status Offenders Truancy Truancy CourtsTruants |
Author: Mullins, Tracy Title: Selected Topics on Youth Courts: A Monograph Summary: Table of Contents -- Addressing Truancy in Youth Court Programs Ramona Gonzales and Tracy Godwin Mullins.................................................. Underage Drinking and Other Substance Abuse: Opportunities for Prevention and Intervention by Youth Courts Tracy Godwin Mullins ..................................................................................... An Overview of School-Based Youth Court Program Design Options Mistene M. Vickers........................................................................................... Building Culturally Relevant Youth Courts in Tribal Communities Ada Pecos Melton ............................................................................................ A Comparison of Statewide Youth Court Associations and Networking Groups Tracy Godwin Mullins and Karen L. Dunlap .................................................. Media Access Guidelines for Youth Courts Michelle E. Heward .. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,k 2004. 118p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 11, 2019 at: http://www.aidainc.net/Publications/monograph.pdf Year: 2004 Country: United States URL: http://www.aidainc.net/Publications/monograph.pdf Shelf Number: 94537 Keywords: Alternatives to IncarcerationIndigenous PeoplesSubstance AbuseTribal CommunitiesTruancy CourtsUnderage DrinkingYouth Courts |