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• Has without just cause runaway from the parental home or other properly authorized and lawful place of abode, • Is beyond the control of the child’s parent, parents, guardian or other custodian, • Has engaged in indecent or immoral conduct, • Is a truant or habitually truant or who, while in school, has been continuously and overtly defiant of school rules and regulations, or • Is thirteen years of age or older and has engaged in sexual intercourse with another person and such person is thirteen years of age or older and not more than two years older or younger than such child.” A significant change in the law occurred in 2000. P.A. 00-177 created a category of “status offenders” for sixteen and seventeen year old youth. A youth age sixteen or seventeen may be found to be a “youth in crisis” who: • Has without just cause run away from the parental home or other properly authorized and lawful place of abode; • Is beyond the control of parents, guardian or other custodian, or • Has four unexcused absences from school in any one month or ten unexcused absences in any school year. If a youth is adjudicated as a “youth in crisis” the Court has the following dispositional options: • Direct the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to suspend motor vehicle operator’s license of the youth in crisis for a period of time, as directed by the court, not to exceed one year; • Require work or specific community service; • Mandate that the youth in crisis attend and educational program in the local community approved by the Court; • Require mental health services; • Refer the youth in crisis to a youth service bureau, provided one exists in the local community; and • Review the option of emancipation, pursuant to section 46b-150, of the youth in crisis. A “youth in crisis” found to be in violation of any court order is not considered to be a delinquent and may not be punished by the court by incarceration in any state-operated detention facility or correctional facility. Public Act 07-4, Sec.73 will expand the Superior Court for Juvenile Matters jurisdiction over sixteen and seventeen year olds. Effective January 1, 2010, the age for charging children and youth with delinquency or status offenses will include any child or youth under the age of eighteen. The category of “youth in crisis” will be eliminated. Therefore, all children and youth, as defined by the Act, will be capable of being alleged to be children from families with service needs. 87
Appendix IV Detailed Population Demographics • Gender Specific Analysis of FWSN Population The reasons for referral of children for families with service needs varied slightly by gender. In SFY 2005-2006, for boys, 51% of the referrals were for truancy, 40% for being “beyond control”, and 20% for being defiant of school rules and 8% for running away; for girls, the 47% of the referrals were for being “beyond control”, 47% were for truancy and 18% for running away. In the categories of indecent or immoral conduct and sexual intercourse, there was a low percentage of referrals for both boys and girls. It is noteworthy that girls had a significantly higher rate of referral for running away than boys: 18% for girls verses 8% for boys. Studies have found that children who leave their homes often do so because of intense family conflict or even physical, sexual or psychological abuse. Children may leave to protect themselves or because they are no longer wanted in the home. The diagram below reflects the breakdown of the reasons for referrals in more detail: Diagram 1 FWSN Referral by Gender and Referral Reason SFY 2005-2006 1000 900 800 700 779 990 805 789 Beyond Control Defiant of School Rules 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 387 165 70 Boys 7 309 204 97 Girls 53 Indecent/Immoral Behavior Runaway Truancy Sex Intercourse 88
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