Concept information
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criminology and criminal justice
criminal justice
juvenile justice
treatment and interventions for delinquency
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penology
prisons and correctional facilities
juvenile justice
treatment and interventions for delinquency
Preferred term
youth courts
Definition
- Teen courts originated from a number of programs beginning in the late 1960s and as of 2010 numbered about 1,200 in the United States. The basic idea informing these programs is that young offenders will benefit by having creative, thoughtful or unique dispositions (“sentences,” in the terminology of juvenile courts) imposed by a panel of peers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; Teen Courts]
Entry terms
- teen courts
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/youth_courts
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