A juvenile-court employee, sometimes a social worker or probation officer, who works with the judge to direct and develop the court’s child-welfare work. — Also termed county agent. [Cases: Courts 55; Infants 17. C.J.S. Courts §§ 107–109; Infants §§ 8–9.]
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. An organization of judges and hearing officers who exercise jurisdiction over abuse, neglect, divorce, custody and visitation, support, domestic-violence, and other family-law cases. • Founded in 1937, the Council has an educational and support facility located near Reno, Nevada. It provides training, technical support, and professional assistance
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juvenile-justice system. The collective institutions through which a youthful offender passes until any charges have been disposed of or the assessed punishment has been concluded. • The system comprises juvenile courts (judges and lawyers), law enforcement (police), and corrections (probation officers and social workers).
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parole (p[schwa]-rohl), n. The release of a prisoner from imprisonment before the full sentence has been served. • Although not available under some sentences, parole is usu. granted for good behavior on the condition that the parolee regularly report to a supervising officer for a specified period. Cf. PARDON; PROBATION(1). [Cases: Pardon and Parole 41.
intake, n. 1. The official screening of a juvenile charged with an offense in order to determine where to determine where to place the juvenile pending formal adjudication or informal disposition. 2. The body of officers who conduct this screening. 3. Hist. English law. A piece of land temporarily taken from a common or moorland