American Bar Association Voted and Passed a Resolution in Support of the Local to Global Youth Justice Expansion.
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2011
American Bar Association
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RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association (ABA) urges federal, state, territorial, and local governments to create and provide appropriate support for Youth or Teen Courts that, through a nondiscriminatory peer-driven restorative justice process involving family members, diverts youth from the formal consequences of juvenile court petitions, proceedings, adjudications, or juvenile justice sanctions by:
(A) Providing civic education for all participants that builds respect for their rule of law and the legal process, including mentorship and community service opportunities;
(B) Permitting program referrals from prosecutors, probation departments and police, as well as from the courts, and not limiting program eligibility to first-time offenders;
(C) Encouraging judges, lawyers, law students, civic organizations and businesses to recruit youth volunteers and to provide training, other assistance and support to create, sustain and promote programs; and,
(D) Supporting national, state, and local research and evaluation on all aspects of these programs.
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