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Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the American Institutes of Research have formulated new evidence-based, treatment-oriented guidelines for juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTC).…
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New Study Published on Use of Juvenile Civil Citations in Florida

Dewey & Associates released a new study on the use of juvenile civil citations in Florida during 2016, Stepping Up: Florida's Top Juvenile Civil Citation Efforts. Key findings include: The statewide juvenile civil citation utilization…
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Public Defender Robert Wesley Secures Release of Juvenile Committed to Non-Secure Residential Program

On December 12, 2016, Public Defender for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Robert Wesley and Assistant Public Defender Jessica Cahoon secured the release of a juvenile from detention. Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal ordered the release of…
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Community Violence: Suggestions for Helping our Children and Adolescents

By Sophia F. Dziegielewski - As times change the possibility of children and adolescents being exposed to community violence increases. Given the recent events of community-related violence and access to world-wide communications --where events…