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Getting Started With Graduated Sanctions Print E-mail

Getting Started With Graduated Sanctions

WHY

  • Promotes Positive Change
  • Improved Assessments
  • Improved Administrative- Judicial Decision-making
  • Create Continuum of Accessible Services
  • Reduce Detention Rate
  • Increased Positive Case Closure

OPPORTUNITY TO REALLOCATE EXISTING RESOURCES

  • Re-organization of Staff
  • Incorporate private sector money and volunteers
  • Program resources reallocation

SELLING GRADUATED SANCTIONS

  • Appealing
  • Fair
  • Logical
  • Affordable
  • Impact Crime
  • Reduce detention
  • Improved competency
  • Address special needs
  • Strengthens families
  • Safer communities
  • Improved outcomes for court involved you
  • Greater victim satisfaction
  • Not anything new packaged differently

JUVENILE GRADUATED SANCTIONS E-TOOL
See the Juvenile Graduated Sanctions E-Tool

Planning for Graduated Sanctions Print E-mail

Planning for Graduated Sanctions

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • Greater sense of connectedness between community and courts
  • Community – building as more members become involved in juvenile court programs
  • Opportunity to be involved in problem solving instead of relying on the state for solutions
  • Long term health and well-being of the community is strengthened
  • Decrease fear of crime

GETTING COMMUNITY BUY IN

  • Shared planning and decision making
  • Listening and responding to community input
  • Set up meeting with local school district
  • Meet with local media (print and broadcast)
  • Uses the media as advocates
  • Talk with local service organizations and clubs
  • Collaborate with other government agencies

IDENTIFING STAKEHOLDERS

  • Judiciary
  • Juvenile Office
  • Division of Family Services
  • Division of Youth Services
  • Mental Health
  • Law Enforcement
  • School District
  • Victims and Community
  • Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Private Sector
  • Business Sector – Chamber of Commerce
  • City / County Government Leaders
Implementation of Graduated Sanctions Print E-mail

Implementation of Graduated Sanctions

Start with writing one goal from your self assessment. Write one objective that can be measured. Write down your first action step

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