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Author Simkins, Sandra, 1965-

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

Publication Info. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note Print version record.
Subject Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States.
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Juvenile justice, Administration of. (OCoLC)fst00985472
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form: Print version: Simkins, Sandra, 1965- When kids get arrested. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009 9780813546384 (DLC) 2009000782 (OCoLC)298113168
ISBN 9780813548180 (electronic bk.)
0813548187 (electronic bk.)
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