Hunter Hurst III

This column discusses courtroom security, and recent attacks on our judiciary's independent decisionmaking authority.

Hunter Hurst IV

This report provides the results of a three-day family court assessment conducted in 2005 by the National Center for Juvenile Justice for the Erie County (Erie, PA) Family Court. The focus of the project was the Court's handling of child maltreatment cases. Erie County was part of Pennsylvania's first Court Improvement Program assessment process in 1998, and recommendations made at that time for Erie County were reconsidered during this project. This report offers eleven …

Hunter Hurst III

Reflecting on a delinquency case handled while a probation officer, the author looks at society's changing standards for manhood.

Gregory Halemba, Hunter Hurst IV, Susanna Zawacki, Rachael Lord

As part of a national court improvement project (CIP), the Philadelphia Family Court is responsible for a statewide assessment of Pennsylvania court processing of dependency matters. The National Center for Juvenile Justice was selected to conduct the initial assessment, which was completed in 1998. A number of site-specific and state-level recommendations were made at that time, with particular reference to Allegheny and Philadelphia County court reform.

Hunter Hurst III

The author remembers an interview with a county sheriff, which the sheriff used to gain public support for his operations' funding and improvements.

Hunter Hurst III

The author discusses the inadequacy of the IJA-ABA Joint Commission on Juvenile Justice's 1976 Standards, the adultification of juvenile offenders, and suggests that an adversarial process in juvenile justice is fundamentally unfair.

Hunter Hurst IV

This edition of the Ohio Children, Families, and the Courts Bulletin briefly examines the Summit, highlights some of the planning tools developed for the conference and their online availability, summarizes detail reflected in counties' initial planning agendas, and categorizes the recommendations for state-level improvements. The bulletin concludes with the next steps for the local planning teams. [MORELINK]

Hunter Hurst IV

This issue of the Ohio Children, Families and the Court Bulletin briefly examines Ohio's role in the birth and growth of the family court idea, places Ohio family courts in the current national context, characterizes the various types of family court approaches being taken across the state, and provides an in-depth look at innovative family courts in selected Ohio counties.

Hunter Hurst

Ohio historically has led the way in integrating leadership and coordination of health, education, and social services for children and families. Since the early 1990s, Family and Children First Councils (FCFCs) in every Ohio county have provided the structure for energetic local leadership and collaboration, capacity development, seamless service coordination, and family empowerment and engagement. This issue of Children, Families and the Courts will provide some background on the history and activities of FCFCs, …

Gregory Halemba, Hunter Hurst IV

This edition of Children, Families and the Courts: Ohio Bulletin examines a number of issues related to Aging services and providing a seamless cradle to grave family support system in Ohio. The newsletter opens with a summary of Ohio's state summit on Aging and provides examples of county innovations presented at the conference.