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Moving
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Classification
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Following the commitment of a juvenile by the court,
each juvenile is assigned to a specific custody level
and treatment program based on assessments of the offenders'
supervision requirements and service needs. For the
Commission, this means first determining whether juveniles
are appropriate for institutional or structured non-institutional
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Mobile
Classification
I Waiver to Adult
Court |
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The Mobile Classification team begins the classification
process by visiting the county detention centers within
a designated region in order to review court, detention,
and prior placement documents and histories, and to
interview juveniles upon their commitment. Through this
process the team identifies specific sanctions and services
that have been utilized for the youth, as well as ongoing
or new service needs, and makes a recommendation regarding
an appropriate placement for the juvenile. Using this
information, the team completes a unified intake assessment
packet, which includes the recommendation for either
institutional care or structured non-institutional program
placement, and submits it to the JJC's Centralized Intake
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Waiver
to Adult Court
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Waiver
is the practice of transferring jurisdiction over a
juvenile from Family Court to adult Criminal Court.
(N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-26). Once waived, the juvenile is treated
in the same manner as an adult. The juvenile can be
held in an adult jail and, if found guilty, is subject
to the same penalties as an adult. For those sentenced
to a term of incarceration, the sentence is served in
either an adult or (in some instances) a juvenile facility.
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The
prosecutor initiates the process by filing a waiver
motion; the court then determines probable cause and
decides whether or not to waive. A juvenile must be
14 or older at the time of the charged delinquent act
to be considered for waiver. Juveniles 14 or older also
may elect to have their cases waived to adult court.
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