Following
commitment, how are placement, length of stay, and
release decisions made? (Updated:
May 4, 2006)
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| Placement
Decisions |
| States
in which the delinquency agency makes independent
placement decisions (27): |
| Alabama,
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, District
of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri,
Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas,
Washington, West Virginia |
| States
in which the court may have a role in placement
decisions (23): |
| Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas,
Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia,
Wisconsin, Wyoming |
| States
in which court-ordered placements are guided by a matrix
(3): |
| Delaware,
Kansas, New Hampshire |
| Length
of Stay Decisions |
| Indeterminate
commitments (20): |
| Alabama,
Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming |
| Indeterminate
commitments with a minimum (5): |
| Arizona,
Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Ohio |
| Indeterminate
commitments with a maximum (6): |
| Alaska,
Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Oregon,
West Virginia |
| Indeterminate
commitments with minimums and maximums (1): |
| Pennsylvania |
| Both
indeterminate or determinate commitments (13): |
| District
of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, North
Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin |
| Determinate
commitments (6): |
| Colorado,
Iowa, Kansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, Washington |
| Release
Decisions |
| State
delinquency agency makes the release decision (24): |
| Arizona,
Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin,
Wyoming |
| Court
makes the release decision (10): |
| Iowa,
Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia |
| Juvenile
parole board makes the release decision (7): |
| California,
Colorado, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Carolina,
Utah |
| Release
authority is shared (10): |
| Alabama,
Alaska, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee |
| ©
2000 (original copyright); © 2006 (most recent copyright) National Center for Juvenile Justice
Citation:
Griffin,
Patrick and King, Melanie.
2006. "National Overviews." State
Juvenile Justice Profiles. Pittsburgh, PA:
National Center for Juvenile Justice.
Online.
Available: http://www.ncjj.org/stateprofiles/.
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