Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— Comprehensive Acts › Chapter 111— JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION › Subchapter I— GENERALLY › § 11103
Defines the main words used in the chapter so everyone knows what they mean. Community-based means small local group homes or nearby programs that involve the community and offer services like medical care, education, job training, counseling, special education, and substance-abuse help. Federal juvenile delinquency program means any youth program run by or helped by a federal agency, including programs funded under this chapter. Juvenile delinquency program means any program about preventing, treating, or studying youth crime and its causes, including drug and alcohol work and things that build protective skills. Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, and Bureau of Justice Statistics are the named federal agencies. Administrator means the agency head named elsewhere. Law enforcement and criminal justice covers police, courts, prosecutors and defenders, corrections, probation, parole, and related programs. State includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Unit of local government means cities, counties, townships, towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, similar local units, certain independent law enforcement or judicial districts, and, for help eligibility, DC or federal agencies that do law enforcement in DC or a Trust Territory. Combination means a group of states or local units joining to make or run a juvenile justice plan. Construction means buying, expanding, remodeling, equipping, or otherwise building up facilities (but not buying land). Public agency means any state, local unit, combination, or their departments or agencies. Secure detention facility means a locked place that holds juveniles temporarily before court action. Secure correctional facility means a locked place that holds juveniles after they have been adjudicated. Serious crime lists specific felonies such as criminal homicide, forcible rape and other felony sex crimes, mayhem, kidnapping, aggravated assault, drug trafficking, robbery, felony larceny or theft, motor vehicle theft, burglary, extortion with threats, and felony arson. Treatment covers medical, educational, social, psychological, vocational, and other rehabilitation, including addiction services. Valid court order means an order from a juvenile court judge given to a juvenile who was brought before the court and who received full constitutional due process. Council means the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Other terms: Indian tribe means a federally recognized tribe or an Alaska Native organization. Comprehensive and coordinated system of services means a connected set of prevention and treatment services that protect families, serve youth in the least restrictive setting, identify at-risk young children early, and increase agency and family teamwork and public–private partnerships. Gender-specific services meet needs tied to a youth’s gender. Home-based alternative services are programs done in the youth’s home instead of locking them up, and include home detention. Jail or lockup for adults is a secure place used to hold adult prisoners. Nonprofit organization means a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt group. Graduated sanctions are a step-by-step set of punishments, incentives, treatments, and services to hold youth accountable and protect the community. Sight or sound contact means any clear visual or verbal contact that is more than brief and accidental. Adult inmate means someone at the state’s age of full criminal responsibility who is arrested, held, awaiting trial, or convicted, but does not include youth who were committed to juvenile agency custody under juvenile law. Violent crime means murder or nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, or aggravated assault with a firearm. Collocated facilities are in the same building or a related complex on the same grounds. Related complex of buildings means two or more buildings that share walls, fences, services, or specialized allowable services. Core requirements refers to specific required rules in the chapter. Chemical agent means a spray or injection used to temporarily incapacitate, such as oleoresin capsicum (pepper spray), tear gas, or 2‑chlorobenzalmalononitrile gas. Isolation means keeping a youth alone for more than 15 minutes, except for sleeping hours, approved treatment separation by a licensed professional, at the youth’s request, or brief calming separation in a nonlocked setting. Restraints has the meaning given in another federal law. Evidence-based means a program proven effective when done correctly, based on sound theory, with measurable youth-justice outcomes, and tested by randomized or comparison-group studies so it can be replicated and scaled. Promising means a program with positive, independently verified results and a plan to be tested later by a rigorous study like those used for evidence-based programs. Dangerous practice means any act or program that creates an unreasonable risk of physical injury, pain, or psychological harm to a youth. Screening is a quick check to find youth who may need urgent mental health, behavioral health, substance abuse, or other help and further evaluation. Assessment is a fuller review by a licensed professional that includes an interview and records review to identify treatment needs during confinement. Contact (for another part of the chapter) means the official points where a youth meets the juvenile or criminal justice system. Trauma-informed means understanding how violence and trauma affect a youth, recognizing those who need help, and acting to avoid re‑causing trauma. Racial and ethnic disparity means minority youth are involved at a decision point in the juvenile justice system at higher rates than non‑minority youth. Status offender is a youth charged with an act that would not be a crime for an adult. Rural means an area not in a metropolitan statistical area as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. Internal controls are processes to help ensure effective operations, reliable reporting, and compliance with laws and audit recommendations. Tribal government means the governing body of an Indian Tribe.
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34 U.S.C. § 11103
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