1.4.3 Example - St. Louis County Family Court

Summary:

The juvenile division of the St. Louis County Family Court is increasingly structuring in attention to tradeoffs in their work. The court has adopted a case classification matrix to increase equity and appropriately reduce the use of detention in the court. Within this, judges still have flexibility to address individualities. Recommendations to the judges for treatment and sanctions are made with consideration of tradeoffs of compliance with required actions. At this point, it is optional if judges consider this information. A benchcard is included below that illustrates this concept. Cases handled without judicial involvement ("informal") also consider tradeoffs for youth and families in creating treatment plans.

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St. Louis County Family Court/FFI Benchcard

Field(s): courts, juvenile justice, youth

Sector: government

Location: St. Louis County, MO

Website: https://wp.stlcountycourts.com/family-court/

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