Click here to see Teen Court photos from Click here to see Teen Court Appreciation Reception For the delinquent teenager, the advantages of participating in Teen Court are many. Some of these include; voluntary participation, a diversion from appearing in the Juvenile Circuit Court, exposure to positive peer pressure and behavior, and a speedy resolution to their case.
Teen Court judges juvenile offenders with a jury of their peers — and gives them a second chance
20th Judicial Circuit: Teen Court
Pima County Teen Court Follow us. Teen Court in the Schools TCIS is an alternative way of disciplining students who have admitted to committing a school-related offense. All of the participants in the courtroom are students at the school peers , except for the judge. Some of the roles students fill are court clerk, bailiff, defense and prosecution attorneys, and jury members.
As the year-old defendant sat in the witness box, he quietly answered one question after another in the courtroom. Who are his friends? Why are his grades low?
In the mid 's in Odessa, Texas Teen Court began as a concept and a program. In , Judge W. Wayne Woodard recognized the need for a program like Teen Court and working through the Court Administrator's office with the late William H. Hayes and the cooperation of the local high schools, introduced Teen Court to Charlotte County.