This report provides an analysis of the XXX County Teen Court ...

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In order to guide the jury in sanctioning the offender, each charge is assigned a severity level of I through
IV. Higher levels indicate increasing severity. A majority of the cases were labeled as category III or IV
offenses (31 and 28 cases, respectively). Thirteen cases were assigned a category II severity level, and the
remaining ten cases were classified as category I.
Hearing
After completing the intake process, the next step is to attend a TC hearing. Eighty (80) youth
completed the hearing portion of the TC process at the time of data collection (Standard 2.2). Table 2
illustrates the number of youth who attended a TC hearing by county. Two cases had not yet reached the
point of hearing attendance when the data were collected.
Figure 2. TC Hearings by County
Number
of
Teen Court
Hearings
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
32
18
14
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Source: Offender Hearing Form
A TC hearing typically involved a respondent, his/her parent(s), and some number of youth
volunteers (see below for more information on volunteers). In about half of cases (N=38), a victim was
also involved, however the type of victim often varied (Standard 3.4). Considering that the most frequent