Alabama Judges Promote Alternative to School Referrals to Juvenile Court

06/01/2008

In this opinion piece in the Huntsville Times, Alabama Juvenile Court Judges M. Lynn Sherrod and Brian Huff and Georgia Juvenile Court Judge Steven Teske recommend reducing school referrals to juvenile court for minor, nonviolent offenses, and discuss a method--creating a "School Offense Protocol"--by which communities can cooperatively reach that goal.

Childish behavior; criminal behavior