Community arbitration A process using neutral arbitrators or arbitration panels for speedy and informal disposition. It is used to divert youth cases from the formal juvenile justice system. A progressive approach to corrections that offers a full range of programming, including prerelease centers, halfway houses, residential drug and alcohol treatment facilities, restitution, and day reporting centers. A DOJ-funded program that trains police to work in the community on foot, on a bike, or on a motorcycle. Officers take the time to get to know the members of the community, especially the children and youth, and are often involved in problem-solving or prevention efforts.
Every COPS program is different because every community is different.
The act of gathering information to evaluate a juvenile offender s physical, psychological, educational, vocational, and social conditions and family environment to determine the offender s need for services and recommended disposition. A variety of actions that use communication skills and creative thinking to develop voluntary solutions that are acceptable to those involved in a dispute. A comprehensive array of juvenile justice programs and services ranging from the least intrusive, serving youth at risk of delinquency, to the most intrusive, serving maximum-risk youth in secure residential settings. The state of being in the care of a juvenile justice agency or official. It is similar to being arrested in the adult criminal system.