a comparative analysis of juvenile codes PREPARED FOR United Stated Department of Justice Law Enforcement Assistance Administration Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Jane L. King This document was prepared by the Community Research Forum of the University of Illinois under grant no. 78-JS-AX-0046 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, United States Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions stated in this document are those of the Community Research Forum and do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. Department of Justice. COPYRIGHT 1980 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COMMUNITY RESEARCH FORUM University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign July, 1980 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 The A Comparative Analysis of Juvenile Codes is such an effort, having added significantly to the juvenile justice literature while fulfilling the academic requirements of graduate work. findings of this research provide an update to the 1974 work of Levin and Saari at the National Assessment of Juvenile Corrections. The effort was necessitated by the almost universal reconsideration of state juvenile legislation since the enactment of the JJDP Act in 1974. While our research has endeavored to update the original format and thereby provide continuity for legal scholars and practitioners alike, we have added a new section which details the changes which have been made with respect to the deinstitutionalization requirements of Section 223(a)(12) (13) of the Act. A word of caution to the reader involves the limitation of this analysis to the statutory language of each juvenile code. The study does not include the myriad of court rules, attorney general opinions, and executive orders which have significant bearing on the application of legislative language. For this reason, as well as the day-to-day volatility of legislative change in this area, the reader is advised to supplement this information with an annotated examination of actual practice in any given state or territory. James W. Brown Community Research Forum |