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Representing Juvenile Status Offenders

In 2007 the ABA’s policymaking body, the House of Delegates, passed a policy regarding status offenders, marking the first time in more than two decades the ABA officially addressed this population. That same year the ABA Center on Children and the Law received a grant to continue the ABA’s work on status offenses by publishing a book on legislation and policy reform for families in need of critical assistance. These efforts helped communities, courts, and legal professionals identify systemic changes that could help youth who run away, are truant, vi or engage in other status offenses. But there was still little advice available for individual attorneys on day-to-day advocacy and representation of these youth. This book provides that guidance, through chapters written by experts in the field.

Available online

http://www.abanet.org/

Author(s)

Hannah Benton, Shay Bilchik, Jana Heyd, Erika Pinheiro, Claire Shubik, Tobie J. Smith, Martha Stone, Casey Trupin, Joseph B. Tulman

Date

2/1/10

Publisher

American Bar Association

Where published

Washington, D.C.

Issue or page citation

ISBN-10: 1-60442-757-4