When kids get arrested
Subtitle: what every adult should know
By: Sandra Simkins.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780813546384; 9780813546391
Subjects: Juvenile justice, Administration of -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of the juvenile court; title: Interrogation : what the police don't what you to know; title: Arrest; title: Detention hearing : will they keep the child in custody?; title: Pre-trial issues : what to do before the trial; title: Should the child take a deal or go to trial?; title: Will the juvenile record go away when the child becomes an adult?; title: Disposition hearing (sentencing) : asking the court to provide services; title: How to succeed on probation; title: When the child is sent to residential placement; title: Transferring children to adult criminal court; title: School search issues; title: When children get suspended or expelled : school discipline and zero tolerance policies; title: Special education issues; title: Does race matter?; title: Children with mental health issues; title: Institutional abuse : is the child in danger?; title: The special needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth; title: The special needs of girls; title: When the child is charged with a sexual offense.