Teen Court’s Goals
- Provide a program
offering youth valuable education and hands on experience in the
legal and judicial system.
- Provide
meaningful and constructive alternatives to the formal court process
of juvenile offenders.
- Reduce the number
of youths in juvenile court by intervening early and interrupting
developing patterns of criminal behavior.
- Give an
opportunity to make restitution through community service, written
letters of apology, and Teen Court participation.
- Allow youth to
participate in the role of a juror to experience the other side of
the justice system by determining consequences for peers.
- Create awareness
in youth offenders of the harmful consequences their actions have on
others.
- Build positive
basic habits and skills
-
Reporting to work on
time
-
Cooperating with
coworkers
-
Accepting
constructive criticism
-
Successfully
completing tasks
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