Abstract

Youth found incompetent to stand trial in U.S. juvenile courts may be ordered to attend Juvenile Competence Remediation Services to assist them in becoming competent to proceed with their case. Representatives from 19 community-based JCRS programs were surveyed about current norms and practices. The results suggest that programs routinely meet some emerging best practices (e.g., dyadic service delivery; developmentally sensitive services), but not others (e.g., providing case management services; services guided by outcome data). The results also reveal a lack of consistency across programs in a variety of areas (e.g., training and experience of providers; educational curricula used by providers).

摘要

被认定无能力在美国少年法庭受审的青少年可能会被命令参加少年能力补救服务，以帮助他们有能力继续处理他们的案件。来自 19 个基于社区的 JCRS 计划的代表接受了有关当前规范和实践的调查。结果表明，项目通常符合一些新兴的最佳实践（例如，二元服务交付；对发展敏感的服务），但不是其他的（例如，提供案例管理服务；以结果数据为指导的服务）。结果还表明，各个领域的项目缺乏一致性（例如，提供者的培训和经验；提供者使用的教育课程）。