When kids get arrested : what every adult should know / / Sandra Simkins.

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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiii, 215 p. :; ill.
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Table of 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.