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Commission to Revise the Statutes Relating to Juveniles. |
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Records, 1976-1977.
The Commission was established by P&SL 1975, c. 101. Arthur Bolton Associates served as consultant to the Commission. The Maine Juvenile Code was enacted by PL 1977, c. 520. |
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[File inventory] |
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Examples of Quantitative Analysis As Applied To Juvenile Justice System Goals and Objective: Prepared for the State of Maine Commission to Revise Statutes Relating to Juveniles. Boston, Mass.: Arthur Bolton Associates, April 1976. 6 pages. |
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Revised Recommendations and Format from Charlie Sharpe and Kevin Concannon to Members of County Task Force. Cover letter and 20 page report. |
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Proposed Refinements of Goals, Objectives, And Measures For Maine's Juvenile Justice Program: Prepared for the State of Maine Commission to Revise Statutes Relating to Juveniles. Boston, Mass.: Arthur Bolton Associates, April 1976. 13 pages. |
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Analysis of Available Statistical Data Related To The Juvenile Court System: Prepared for the State of Maine Commission to Revise Statutes Relating to Juveniles / K. Carter & D. Carter. Boston, Mass.: A. Bolton Associates, October 1976. 29 pages. |
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Analysis of Available Statistical Data Related To Criminal And Non-Criminal Behavior: An Interim Report / D. Carter & K. Carter. Boston, Mass.: A. Bolton Assoc., Sept. 13, 1976. 6 pp + attach. |
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Analysis of Available Statistical Data Related To Prevention Issues: Prepared for the State of Maine Commission to Revise Statutes Relating to Juveniles / Katherine Carter and Dale Carter. Boston, Mass.: Arthur Bolton Associates, August 5, 1976. 24 pages. |
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[No title]. Starts with "INTRODUCTION. Unfortunately, we do not know the cause or cures of juvenile delinquency...". Includes 41 pages and four appendices. |
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[The 4th Appendix includes an excerpt from "Goals of Maine's Juvenile Justice System - Report on Task I".] |
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[No title]. Starts with "INTRODUCTION. There is little consensus about what constitutes 'juvenile delinquency'... " Includes 60 pages and a 15-page appendix titled "Draft: Psychological effects of being jailed on a child". |
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Letter, dated Sept. 23, 1976, from Commission staff to the Office of Legislative Assistance regarding a sample letter (attached) informing of Commission's efforts to coordinate input from other related policy groups into its final report. 4 pages. |
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DHS Position Paper (2 pages). Sent August 2, 1976, from DHS Commissioner Smith to Commission members. |
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Letter, dated Nov. 5, 1976, from Dale Doughty, Superintendent of Schools, to John Weldon, the public education representative on the Commission. |
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Proposed Agenda for Completing the Balance of the Commission's Work, July 1- December 15. 3 pages. |
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Agenda and/or minutes for meetings on: (a) August 5, 1976; (b) Sept. 10, 1976; (c) Sept. 24 & 25, 1976; (d) Sept. 25, 1976; (e) Oct. 15, 1976; (f) Nov. 12, 1976; (g) Dec. 3, 9, & 16, 1976; (h) Jan. 4 & 13, 1977. |
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Memoranda, Notices and Press Releases |
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Table of Contents for Chapters 4 through 8. Includes 47 pages of text of Sections 401- 710. |
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Report on Dropouts and Suspensions/Expulsions I prepared by Dept. of Education. Nov. 18, 1976. 2 pages. |
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Children's Rights, Parent's Rights and Society's Rights: a Paper Prepared For Presentation to the Second Annual Children's Advocacy Conference. Durham, NH, April 23 and 24, 1976. Includes abstract and cover letter. |
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Non-Criminal Behavior. 20 pages. |
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May be draft language from similarly-formatted sections in reports prepared by Arthur Bolton Associates for the Commission (see Leg Stacks KF9780.Z99 M2 .... ) |
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Juvenile Courts. 51 pages. |
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May be draft language from similarly-formatted sections in reports prepared by Arthur Bolton Associates for the Commission (see Leg Stacks KF9780.Z99 M2 .... ) |
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Proposed Statutory Language To Implement Certain Final Commission Recommendations, Chapters 1-3. DRAFT 1 / Prepared by Joan E. Fitzgerald and Peter A. DuBois. Boston, Mass: Developmental Research Center, Inc., December 2, 1976. 25 pages. |
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[No title]. Starts with: "I. INTRODUCTION. A. Before Juvenile Courts. At Common Law, children were often held accountable as adults for their criminal acts... " 39 pages. |
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This language is identical to that found in Proposal To Revise Maine's Statutes Relating To Juveniles (see Leg Stacks KF9780.Z99 M21 1975) |
