Goals

  • Accepting constructive criticism
  • Allow youth to participate in the role of a juror to experience the other side of the justice system by determining consequences for peers
  • Build positive basic habits and skills
  • Cooperating with coworkers
  • Create awareness in youth offenders of the harmful consequences their actions have on others
  • Give an opportunity to make restitution through community service, written letters of apology, and Teen Court participation
  • Provide meaningful and constructive alternatives to the formal court process of juvenile offenders
  • Provide a program offering youth valuable education and hands-on experience in the legal and judicial system
  • Reduce the number of youths in juvenile court by intervening early and interrupting developing patterns of criminal behavior
  • Reporting to work on time
  • Successfully completing tasks