Juvenile Court Judges' Commission State Documents

The Juvenile Court Judges' Commission works to support Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system to achieve community protection, offender accountability, restoration of crime victims, and youth competency development. The Commission is responsible for advising juvenile courts concerning the proper care and maintenance of delinquent and dependent children; establishing standards governing the administrative practices and judicial procedures used in juvenile courts; establishing personnel practices and employment standards used in probation offices; collecting, compiling, and publishing juvenile court statistics; and administering a grant-in-aid program to improve county juvenile probation.

The publications of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission contain various reports, factsheets and educational guides. Selected topics from these publications include juvenile justice law, restorative justice, victim response, crime prevention, etc. The bulk of the current material is dated from 2006 to present. Many of these publications are created in cooperation with the Commission on Crime and Delinquency, and the non-state entity Pennsylvania Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers.