938.028 (2) (e), means land in this state within the boundaries of the reservation of a tribe. (15d) “Residential care center for children and youth” means a facility operated by a child welfare agency licensed under s. 48.60 for the care, maintenance, and treatment of persons residing in that facility. (15g) “Secured residential care center for children and youth” means a facility that complies with the requirements of ss. 301.37 and 938.48 (16) (b) operated by an Indian tribe or a county under ss. 46.20, 59.53 (8m), and 938.22 (1) (a) or by a child welfare agency that is licensed under s. 48.66 (1) (b) to hold in secure custody persons adjudged delinquent. (17) “Shelter care facility” means a nonsecure place of temporary care and physical custody for juveniles, including a holdover room, licensed by the department under s. 48.66 (1) (a). (17m) “Special treatment or care” means professional services which need to be provided to a juvenile or his or her family to protect the well-being of the juvenile, prevent placement of the juvenile outside the home or meet the special needs of the juve-
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nile. This term includes medical, psychological or psychiatric treatment, alcohol or other drug abuse treatment or other services which the court finds to be necessary and appropriate. (17t) “Standardized assessment” means an assessment, using a tool determined by the department, of the strengths and needs of a juvenile to determine appropriateness of a placement in a residential care center for children and youth, group home, or shelter care facility certified under s. 48.675. (18) “Trial” means a fact-finding hearing to determine jurisdiction. (18j) “Tribal court” means a court that has jurisdiction over juvenile custody proceedings, and that is either a court of Indian offenses or a court established and operated under the code or custom of an Indian tribe, or any other administrative body of an Indian tribe that is vested with authority over Indian juvenile custody proceedings. (18k) “Tribal school” has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (15m). (18m) “Truancy” has the meaning given in s. 118.16 (1) (c). (19) “Type 1 juvenile correctional facility” means a juvenile correctional facility, but excludes any correctional institution that meets the criteria under sub. (10p) solely because of its status under s. 938.533 (3) (b), 938.538 (4) (b), or 938.539 (5). (19r) “Type 2 residential care center for children and youth” means a residential care center for children and youth that is designated by the department of corrections to provide care and maintenance for juveniles who have been placed in the residential care center for children and youth under the supervision of a county department under s. 938.34 (4d). (20) “Type 2 juvenile correctional facility” means a juvenile correctional facility that meets the criteria under sub. (10p) solely because of its status under s. 938.533 (3) (b), 938.538 (4) (b), or 938.539 (5). (20m) (a) “Victim” means any of the following: 1. A person against whom a delinquent act has been committed. 2. If the person specified in subd. 1. is a child, a parent, guardian or legal custodian of the child. 3. If a person specified in subd. 1. is physically or emotionally unable to exercise the rights granted under this chapter, s. 950.04 or article I, section 9m, of the Wisconsin constitution, a person designated by the person specified in subd. 1. or a family member, as defined in s. 950.02 (3), of the person specified in subd. 1. 4. If a person specified in subd. 1. is deceased, any of the following: a. A family member, as defined in s. 950.02 (3), of the person who is deceased. b. A person who resided with the person who is deceased. 5. If a person specified in subd. 1. has been adjudicated incompetent in this state, the guardian of the person appointed for him or her. (b) “Victim” does not include a juvenile alleged to have committed the delinquent act. (21) “Victim-witness coordinator” means a person employed or contracted by the county board of supervisors under s. 950.06 to provide services for the victims and witnesses of crimes or a person employed or contracted by the department of justice to provide the services specified in s. 950.08. History: 1995 a. 77, 216, 352, 448; 1997 a. 27, 35, 181, 191; 1999 a. 9, 162; 2001 a. 16, 59; 2003 a. 33, 284; 2005 a. 232, 344, 387; 2005 a. 443 s. 265; 2007 a. 20 ss. 3780 to 3782, 9121 (6) (a); 2009 a. 28, 94, 302, 334; 2011 a. 32, 258; 2011 a. 260 s. 80; 2013 a. 237; 2015 a. 55, 101, 128, 196; 2017 a. 34, 185; 2019 a. 8 ss. 25, 26, 71; 2019 a. 95; 2021 a. 42; 2023 a. 119. NOTE: 2003 Wis. Act 284 contains explanatory notes.
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