How Can Juvenile Court Offer Rehabilitation Instead of Jail?
How can juvenile court rehabilitate instead of jailing a child? By steering the kid into counseling, volunteering, or an interest they love, explains Fort Lauderdale attorney Regina Tsombanakis. State attorneys then watch the child's progress and often dismiss the case if they see real change. Such rehabilitative supervision, she notes, can run six months to a year.
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Answered by Regina Tsombanakis · Fort Lauderdale, FL
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How can juvenile court rehabilitate instead of jailing a child?
By steering the kid into counseling, volunteering, or an interest they love, which can turn things around.
What changes when a child re-engages?
When a child starts school, projects, and volunteering, state attorneys watch that progress and often dismiss the case if they see real change, over a period of six months to a year.
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