Jury
Community Service
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100

Why is communication on the jury important?

So your fellow jury members understand your ideas and so the judge, school administrator, and offender can understand the proposed sentence in order for the offender to successfully complete it. 


*Never too much detail!

100
Community service is:

1) never required

2) sometimes required

3) always required

Always required

100
How should you dress during hearings?

What about pre-hearings at the school?

Business/business formal for hearings

Normal school clothes for pre-hearings

100

The first Teen Youth Court in Georgia was in __?

Dublin, Georgia

200

What does the foreperson do?

Create the disposition sheet and act as a facilitator during deliberations.


Also: keep track of time, take notes initiate voting, and make sure everyone has the chance to speak. The foreperson can also elect others to help them out (ex: taking notes) but should be doing most of the "extra" work

200
If everyone is talking about assigning 15 hours of community service, what should you do?
1) Debate for more (or less) hours


2) Make sure you aren't picking that number because it is a "pretty" number


3) Gives specifics to what the hours could or should be used for

4) Vote

200

What should you bring to a hearing?

Your notebook, pencils, sentence recommendation sheet, your laptop, and your physical copy of the case with your notes

200

What is the name of the judge who will be presiding over the hearings?

Judge Mecklin

300

Do you have to be in court if you are not serving on the jury? 

Yes! There will be multiple cases each time so even if the one you are assigned to isn't until the last hearing, you still have to be there for all of them. 

300

_ to _ hours of community service should be given out for affray and other violent acts

15-35

300
When should you show up for a hearing?

10-15 minutes before it starts

300
How many Teen Youth Courts are school-based

36%

400

What should the jury do before a hearing?

Read over the case, take notes, and brainstorm possible sentences to discuss further during the hearing.

400

_ to _ hours of community service should be given out for drug and alcohol cases

20-40

(more, especially if drugs)

400

Where are hearings held? 

Carrollton Municipal Court (in the police station)

400

What are the results when youth volunteers for at least 1 hour per week?

They are 50% less likely to have substance abuse, anger issues, and other forms of destructive behavior that often cause them to get in trouble.

500
What is the total number of jury members serving on a case when a student offender is participating in jury duty for their sentence?

9 people

500

What is the range for the number of hours of community service given out by Teen Youth Court?

5-40


*when in doubt of how much to give out, give more

500

What factors could lead to a teen being sent to Teen Youth Court?

Growing up in a bad environment, not being taught the proper difference between right and wrong, peer pressure, mental health struggles
500

Teen Youth Courts have a __ success rate at ____?

Teen Youth Courts have a 91% success rate at reducing recidivism rates in juvenile offenders?

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