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O.C.G.A. § 49-4A-1

Definitions

Code 1981, § 49-4A-1, enacted by Ga

As used in this chapter, the term:

49-44-14.

49-44-17.

tion facility; petition; commitment.

Aiding or encouraging escape; sheltering; hindering apprehension; penalty. Special school district. Family attention home; assessment of risk and plan of care.

Compensation for damage to apparel by youth under custody.

Guard lines.

Unlawful crossing or passage of certain items across guard lines; penalty. Introduction of certain items into juvenile detention facility prohibited; commerce with incarcerated youth prohibited; penalty. Prohibited possession of certain goods by youth; penalty.

Administrative revocations of juvenile community placement, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Juvenile Justice, § 97-2-.01 et seq.

(1) “Board” means the Board of Juvenile Justice.

(2) “Child in need of services” means any child so adjudged under Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 15.

(3) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of juvenile justice.

(4) “Delinquent child” means any child so adjudged under Article

6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15.

(5) “Department” means the Department of Juvenile Justice.

(6) “Detention assessment” means an actuarial tool, approved by

the board and validated on a targeted population, used to make detention decisions and that identifies and calculates specific factors that are likely to indicate a child’s risk to public safety pending adjudication and the likelihood that such child will appear for juvenile proceedings for the act causing the detention decision to be

made.

(7) “Evidence based programs or practices” means programs, practices, procedures, and policies that scientific research demonstrates a likelihood to prevent or reduce juvenile delinquency or recidivism.

(8) “Juvenile detention facility” means hardware secure residential institutions or community residential locations operated by or on behalf of the department and may include youth development centers, regional youth detention centers, group homes, emergency shelters, wilderness or outdoor therapeutic programs, or other facilities that provide 24 hour care in a residential setting.

(9) “Recidivism” means a conviction or adjudication of delinquency for an offense or crime committed within three years of being placed on probation or being discharged or released from a juvenile detention facility.

(10) “Risk and needs assessment” means an actuarial tool, approved by the board and validated on a targeted population, that identifies and calculates specific factors that predict a child’s likelihood of recidivating and identifies criminal risk factors that, when properly addressed, can reduce such child’s likelihood of recidivating.

(11) “Risk assessment” means an actuarial tool, approved by the board and validated on a targeted population, that identifies and calculates specific factors that predict a child’s likelihood of recidivating.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.