Waiting for Justice: Moving Young Offenders Through the Juvenile Court Process

Jeffrey A. Butts and Gregory Halemba (1996). Waiting for Justice: Moving Young Offenders Through the Juvenile Court Process. Pittsburgh, PA: National Center for Juvenile Justice.

This was the principal product from the Delays in Juvenile Justice Sanctions project conducted by the National Center for Juvenile Justice and funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. It includes a review of previous research on court delay, an analysis of juvenile court processing times, and a detailed examination of how delay affects the juvenile justice system.