| IV(a) |
Encourage the Sentencing Project to study of the impact of the
California decision to try more children as adults, as it relates
to minority youth.
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| IV(b) |
Collect data on children placed in the adult criminal justice
system especially as it relates to the long term cost to the system
and the eventual rehabilitation of the juvenile offender.
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| IV(c) |
State bars should provide leadership in bringing the major players
(including legislators) to the table to discuss the issues of
allocation of court resources relating to family issues and the
juvenile system.
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| IV(d) |
Bar associations and courts should work to provide increased
access for minorities (especially women) to pro se for family
court issues.
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| IV(e) |
There should be mandatory domestic violence training for judges.
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| IV(f) |
Due to the increasing problem of domestic violence in many immigrant
communities, courts should have personnel trained in cultural
sensitivity to work on domestic violence cases.
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| IV(g) |
Interpreter services should be provided in all domestic violence
cases when needed.
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| IV(h) |
Public information campaigns encouraging victims of domestic
violence to come forward without fear of deportation should be
developed.
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| IV(i) |
Programs to
bring tribal judges and state judges together for crosstraining
on issues such as the Indian Child Welfare Act should be developed. |
