Probation

PROBATION

• Probation Violations Outline – updated July 2017
• Courtroom Practice Guide to Probation Violations   updated January 201
• Juvenile Court Standing Order 1.17 – effective September 25, 2017

Dispositional Advocacy:

• Dispositional and Sentencing Best Practices in Delinquent and Youthful Offender Matters 

Interstate Compacts:

• Interstate Commission for Juveniles:  Bench Book For Judges and Court Personnel

In the Minnesota Law Review Article, The Burdens of Leniency:  The Changing Face of Probation, Ron P. Corbett, Jr.,  former Commissioner of Probation, opines that often less is more with respect to probation supervision and probation conditions. 

This article takes the idea of less is more in probation and applies it directly to juveniles:  Case Now Strong for Ending Probation as a Default Disposition in Juvenile Justice.