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Date:
March 2006 -
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Topic:
Bullying Cases
Question: The
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention asked
us to query youth courts and find out which youth, teen,
peer, or student courts are handling bullying cases. Some of
the information they would like to know is:
- Does your
program handle bullying cases?
- Is your program
a community-based or school-based youth, teen, peer, or
student court?
- What is the
nature of the bullying incidents you see in teen court
(e.g., spreading rumors or facts about sexual
encounters, drugs and alcohol use, belittling a student
who is different because of physical appearance or
handicap, special education student, race and ethnicity,
faith or religion, etc.)?
- The number of
bullying cases heard over a year.
- Typical age of
offender, and victim (if known).
- Gender of
offender and victim.
- Typical
sanctions for these offenses.
Responses
from
Coordinators:
Cesar
Chavez Teen Court
Pam Neal
Coordinator
Cesar Chavez Community School
4001 S. 3 Street
Phoenix, AZ 85040
602-232-4940 Ext. 10209 Fax: 602-243-2106
pamnea@juvenile.maricopa.gov
Hi, our
program does handle bullying issues. Our program is
community based since we work with the local justice court
and school based since we have a teen court at the school.
Our program deal with name-calling, threats, intimidation,
harassment, sexual harassment, racial issues etc. We have
only heard 1-2 cases in the past six years per year due to
the seriousness of the cases. The school usually wants to
handle these cases. The ages are 4th - 8th grades,
12-14yrs. old. Girls and boys are the gender. Community
service, counseling, letters of apology, essays.
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Illinois Valley Peer Jury Program
Mark Credi
Program Coordinator
Peru Department of Police
1503 4th Street
Peru, IL 61354
815-223-2151 Ext. Fax: 815-223-2267
perusro1@insightbb.com
The Illinois Valley Peer Jury only accepts those charged
with a crime. If the bully is charged with Assault or
Disorderly Conduct only then would we accept that youth into
the program and then deal with the underlying bullying
issue.
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Duncanville Teen Court
Olivia Harrington
Teen Court Coordinator
City of Duncanville
P.O. Box 380280
Duncanville, TX 75138-0280
972-780-5063 Ext. Fax: 972-780-6463
oharrington@ci.duncanville.tx.us
www.Duncanville.com/teen_court.shtm
Does your program handle bullying cases? Not directly, our
fights at school are sometimes started as bullying, but the
case is filed as Violation of School Rules-fight.
Is your program a community-based or school-based youth,
teen, peer, or student court? Community Teen Court
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Humboldt
County Teen Court
Lynn Langdon
Teen Court Coordinator
Boys and Girls Club
3015 J Street
Eureka, CA 95501
707-444-0153 Ext. Fax: 707-444-0915
humtcourt@cox.net
Does your program handle bullying cases? Unfortunately, only
once it becomes an assault and battery, not for the bullying
that occurs before hand.
Is your program a community-based or school-based youth,
teen, peer, or student court?
We are a community based (Boys & Girls Club) Teen Court
program.
What is the nature of the bullying incidents you see in teen
court (e.g., spreading rumors or facts about sexual
encounters, drugs and alcohol use, belittling a student who
is different because of physical appearance or handicap,
special education student, race and ethnicity, faith or
religion, etc.)? There are many incidents surrounding
sexual identity and homosexuality. There are also racial and
class (wealth) incidents.
The number of bullying cases heard over a year. Again, only
once it becomes assault and battery, we hear about 8 in a
year.
Typical age of offender, and victim (if known). Typical age
of offender, 16 and the victim is usually around the same
age.
Gender of offender and victim. Seems to always be male.
Typical sanctions for these offenses. Typical sanctions
include community service, anger management course, letters
of apology to victim or write a paper on the effects of
violence. We have also had some defendants attend a Human
Rights Commission meeting.
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Teen Court of Santa Fe
County
Alice Sealey
Director
2052 South Galisteo Street
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-995-9555 Ext. Fax: 505-992-9855
asealey@co.santa-fe.nm.us
We do not handle bullying cases, as such.
Teen Court of Santa Fe County, New Mexico
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Lassen County Teen Court
Greg Scott
Juvenile Programs Coordinator
Lassen County Superior Court
145 S. Lassen Street
Susanville, CA 96130
530-251-8002 Ext. Fax: 530-257-8756
gscott@lassencourt.ca.gov
www.lassencourt.ca.gov
Lassen County Teen Court does not handle “bullying” cases as
such. All of our cases are referred to us from the district
attorney’s office or probation and are predominately
misdemeanors cited by either the police or sheriff. Any that
might have started out as bullying would be “fighting or
battery” cases for our program to hear them. If you need
more info, don’t hesitate to contact me.
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Clay County Teen Court
Deborah Mueller
Teen Court Coordinator
c/o Clay Co. Clerk of the Circuit Court
P.O. Box 698
Green Cove Springs, FL 32043
904-278-3602 Ext. Fax: 904-284-6390
muellerd@clerk.co.clay.fl.us
http://clerk.co.clay.fl.us/teencourt.html
We do not get bullying cases per se. All our cases are
referred to us from the State Attorney’s office and the
youth has been arrested.
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Westview High School Teen
Court
Janel Klue-Vaughn
Coordinator
Westview High School
10850 W Garden Lakes Parkway
Avondale, AZ 85323
623-877-2438 Ext. Fax:
janel.klue@tuhsd.org
Does your program handle bullying cases? Yes
Is your program a community-based or school-based youth,
teen, peer, or student court? Teen court, county and school
based.
What is the nature of the bullying incidents you see in teen
court (e.g., spreading rumors or facts about sexual
encounters, drugs and alcohol use, belittling a student who
is different because of physical appearance or handicap,
special education student, race and ethnicity, faith or
religion, etc.)? None yet.
The number of bullying cases heard over a year. 0 so far.
Typical age of offender, and victim (if known). n/a
Gender of offender and victim. n/a
Typical sanctions for these offenses. n/a
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Wyandotte County Youth Court
Julie Pieri
Youth Court Coordinator
KVC Behavioral Healthcare
607 Tauromee
Kansas City, KS 66101
913-621-3523 Ext. Fax: 913-621-1669
jpieri@kvc.org
We see many cases of bullying each year. We hear about 170
cases per year and I would estimate at least 90 or more
involve harassment and or bullying. Mainly they are charged
with battery or disorderly conduct, but upon speaking to
those involved we find out about bullying. Our program is a
community based program. Many incidents involve name
calling, harassment, verbal threats, instigating fights, and
peer pressure. The average age of offenders in our program
is 14, but I have seen harassment in kids as young as 10 and
as old as 17. For example, one 10 year old took a plastic
pellet gun to school tucked in his pants. When we asked why,
he said he wanted to scare the kid who had been bullying him
and his friends. We see this among both male and female
youth. Typically youth will receive sanctions including
community service, essays and or apology letters and jury
duty.
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Mackinac County Circuit
Court, Family Division
Mark MacDonald
Juvenile Officer
100 Marley Street
St. Ignace, MI 49781
906-643-7319 Ext. Fax: 906-643-7302
p49@voyager.net
We do not handle bullying cases because in Michigan there is
no such thing, unless there is a petition alleging a
violation of some statute, i.e., assault, disorderly person,
etc.
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Fort Lupton High School Teen
Court
Roberta Chacon Caciari
Faculty Volunteer Representative
Fort Lupton High School
530 Reynolds
Fort Lupton, CO 80621
303-857-7115 Ext. Fax: 303-857-7179
rchacon@ftlupton.k12.co.us
Our teen court would handle bullying cases if referred by
our city judge. We have had fights other physical
altercations but not "bullying" specifically stated.
Our teen court is school based and we have a cross section
of kids from each grade level.
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Caroline County Teen Court
James Gossage
Teen Court Coordinator
Caroline County Health Department and Sheriff's Office
407 South 7th Street
P.O. Box 10
Denton, MD 21629
410-479-8080 Ext. Fax: 410-479-0554
jgossage@dhmh.state.md.us
We do not handle bullying cases. We are a youth court.
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Clark County Teen Court
Katrina Eisfeldt
Teen Court Coordinator
517 Court Street
Neillsville, WI 54456
715-743-5272 Ext. Fax: 715-743-5120
katrina.eisfeldt@co.clark.wi.us
Yes, we handle bullying, however they mostly come to us as
disorderly conducts.
Community Based program
The cases we see have started out with teasing and ended up
as a physical fight - so bullying (usually over a long
period of time) is the cause.
Not sure how many we see a year - probably about 10
Middle school (usually 6th grade)
We do the sticks n stones anti bullying program at our
schools and the youth need to be a part of that program,
plus the general apology letters, etc.....
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Gates County Teen Court
Wendy Casper
Teen Court Coordinator
Gates County Public Schools
P. O. Box 180
Sunbury, NC 27979
252-465-8015 Ext. Fax: 252-465-8058
gcso805sro@yahoo.com
As of now, Gates County Teen Court is not hearing bullying
cases.
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Lee County Teen Court
Evelyn Kirbach
Teen Court Program Coordinator
20th Judicial Court Administrator's Office - Florida
"1039 SE 9th Place, #361"
Cape Coral, FL 33990
941-458-7084 Ext. Fax: 941-458-7083
ekirbach@ca.cjis20.org
We have not handled any in Teen Court as of yet - but am
very anxious to hear from other Teen Courts on how they are
handling them.
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Salt Lake Peer Court
Kathleen Zeitlin
Program Director
Utah Law-Related Education Project
"645 South, 200 East"
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801-322-1815 Ext. Fax: 801-322-4498
slpcourt@Xmission.com
www.lawrelatededucation.org
Does your program handle bullying cases? Yes
Is your program a community-based or school-based youth,
teen, peer, or student court? Non-profit agency Peer Court
which receives referrals from school administration and
school police officers. I classify us as community-based,
but all our referrals come from the schools.
What is the nature of the bullying incidents you see in teen
court (e.g., spreading rumors or facts about sexual
encounters, drugs and alcohol use, belittling a student who
is different because of physical appearance or handicap,
special education student, race and ethnicity, faith or
religion, etc.)? Some sexual harassment (without touching)
Belittling because of physical appearance (weight, physical
appearance, race, ethnicity, special education) We also see
assault and mutual fight cases which involve bullying
leading up to the incident.
The number of bullying cases heard over a year. 15-20
Typical age of offender, and victim (if known). 11 - 13 yrs
Gender of offender and victim. Sexual harassment - male to
female. All other bullying- offenders and victims are either
both male or both female (male to male and female to
female).
Typical sanctions for these offenses. Any combination of:
Conflict resolution/communication skills program for
parent/child together , community service,
individual and family therapy, apology letter, other life
skills or youth support group program.
Every youth receives a peer mentor (mentors are10th, 11th or
12th grade).
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Silverton/Mt. Angel Youth
Peer Court
Cynthia Schaeffer
Coordinator
City of Silverton
306 S. Water St
Silverton, OR 97381
503-873-1995 Ext. Fax: 503-873-7452
cschaeffer@silverton.or.us
Our court, the Silverton/Mt. Angel Youth Peer Court in
Silverton, Oregon, does NOT handle bullying. Our court is
backed by a juvenile municipal court and the state
legislature decides which cases can or cannot be sent to
municipal court. They don't allow any offense with a
"violent" nature, which includes harassment, disorderly
conduct, carrying of a concealed weapon, etc..
Other peer courts in my county are not under this process
and receive their cases directly from the county juvenile
dept. They include Stayton, Keizer and Jefferson Peer
Courts. I hope you receive a response from them but if not,
let me know and I can help connect you with the
coordinators.
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Peer Court, Inc.
Paul Sermersheim
Director
101 West North Street
Danville, IL 61832
217-443-9044 Ext. Fax: 217-443-9044
peercourt01@aol.com
Peer Court Vermilion County Illinois covers the entire
county.
Within the last 16 months we handled a case where two girls
were picking on a third girl on the school bus. They were
calling her a dog and were throwing dog biscuits at her.
This was obviously planned out since the girls carried the
biscuits with them on the bus.
We handled this under Disorderly Conduct. Sentencing
Parameters: 20-50 Community Service hours, 1 or 2 different
nights of serving on jury, jail tour, write apology letters
victim/parents/bus driver, write essay on topic of
respecting others, mandatory participation in Jump Start
classes.
IN THIS CASE THE bus driver stopped the bus and called the
police. Had the police not been involved and made a charge
this case would likely not have been referred to Peer Court.
WE DO HANDLE battery cases in where we point out if the
victim or opposite offender is significantly younger than
the defendant. In this case prosecution often reminds the
court that this is a form of bullying.
We have not tried any cases with the offense being that the
defendant spreads rumors.
Peer Court Vermilion County Illinois does not have a charge
called bullying.
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Ignacio Teen Court
Barbara Cummins
Teen Court Coordinator
Southern Ute Community Action Programs
P.O. Box 800
Ignacio, CO 81137
970-563-9235 Ext. Fax: 970-563-4504
bcummins@sucap.org
We have both school referrals and referrals from outside
courts. We have chosen not to take ANY bullying referrals
because we feel that in this instance, most of the teen/peer
jurors would be intimidated by the defendants because of
their actions. If the teen court volunteers are intimidated
by the defendants then no one benefits from the teen court
experience. We have not yet had any cases of this nature
from outside referrals (court-based) programs and would deal
with them on a case by case basis, but I would say that we
would probably not take these cases either for the same
reason mentioned above.
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Wichita County Teen Court
Myra Ann Weeks
Coordinator
"900 Seventh Street, Room 212"
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
940-716-8575 Ext. Fax: 940-716-8598
Myra.Weeks@co.wichita.tx.us
www.wcteencourt.org
We don’t have a charge of bullying in WF or in Texas that I
know of.
We get disruption tickets and there is often bullying
involved, but there is physical contact or an incident so I
guess my info won’t help.
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Placer County Peer Court
Karen Green
Peer Court Coordinator
"671 Newcastle Road., Suite 7"
Newcastle, CA 95658
916-663-9227 Ext. 2# Fax: 916-663-2965
karengreen@peercourt.com
www.peercourt.com
We do not handle this issue as “cases” but we do address it
in the juvenile justice unit we teach in the schools. This
year we also are having our court school students who are
out speaking in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classes address
bullying. They talk about the different forms it takes and
read several stories—No One Knew What to Do, Little Ant for
example—as they talk with students how bullying can get them
in trouble.
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West Eugene Teen Court
Bruce Steinmetz
Supervisor
City of Eugene
Petersen Barn Community Center
870 Berntzen Road
Eugene, OR 97402
541-682-6376 Ext. Fax: 541-682-8192
bruce.h.steinmetz@ci.eugene.or.us
Although we see an occasional Harassment case (probably
fewer than one per year) I would have to say that the Eugene
Teen Court doesn’t normally handle cases in the "bullying" .
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Craven County Teen Court
Laurie Kritz
Teen Court Coordinator
Craven County Teen Court
The Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina
327 Pollock Street
P.O. Box 1184
New Bern, NC 28563
252-633-2538 Ext. Fax: 252-633-0093
lkritz@mceconline.org
Craven County Teen Court is a community based youth court
although 75% of the referrals do come from schools. We do
hear bullying cases (10 -15 per year) which we usually
classify as an assault ( verbal and physical attacks). Both
the bully and the victim are typically 6th or 7th grade (11
- 13) males. Typical sanctions that our youth juries assign
include: Community Service up to 8 hours, Teen Court Jury
Duty up to 5 cases, Juvenile Justice Education Class, Bully
Prevention Education Class, Anger Management/Conflict
Resolution Education Class, Letter of Apology to the victim,
and a 2 page Essay relating to the offense.
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Fremont County Teen Court
John Evans
Teen Court Coordinator
11th Judicial District Office of the District Attorney
136 Justice Center Road
Canon City, CO 81212
719-269-0170 Ext. Fax: 719-269-0180
jevans@da11thjd.org
www.da11thjd.org/da.htm
Our court has not had any bullying cases referred to us from
law enforcement. Our program is community based with
referrals from local law enforcement. Usually direct files
to the District Attorney's Office.
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Wrangell Youth Court
Sheri Mathis
Coordinator
Wrangell Youth Court
City of Wrangell
P. O. Box 896
Wrangell, AK 99929
907-874-3304 Ext. Fax: 907-874-2173
youthcourt@aptalaska.net
We have not taken any bullying cases yet. I am interested in
learning how to accept these cases from the schools.
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Commerce City Teen Court
Lynn DeJiacomo
Commerce City Municipal Court
5291 E 60th Avenue
Commerce City, CO 80022
303-289-3640 Ext. Fax: 303-289-3704
ldejiacomo@ci.commerce-city.co.us
www.ci.commerce-city.co.us
1. We haven't had anything that was noted as "bullying" by
police, however we have had some that we suspect may be.
2. Our program is school based - high school
3. We have had cases involving rumors about friends - not
sex, that then resulted in fighting between females.
4. Our program just started in January, we have heard 7
cases - of those 2 may have been "bullying"
5. 13 to 15 years old
6. Female
7. Essays about rumor management, Anger management class or
counseling through school and community service
We have 1 case that was one our first heard in teen court,
it was a typical girl fight. We had never had either of the
girls in our court before, one of the girls has since been
charged twice for similar circumstance and we wonder if she
is a "bully" or a "victim" (she sounds like a bully who
keeps getting caught)
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Broward County Teen Court
Debra Goldman
Coordinator
17th Judicial Circuit of Florida
"201 SE 6 Street, Room 565"
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33319
954-831-1291 Ext. Fax: 954-831-6079
dgoldman@17th.flcourts.org
www.17th.flcourts.org
• Does your program handle bullying cases? We are in the process of adding
it
• Is your program a community-based or school-based youth, teen, peer, or
student court?
community-based, but are moving into the schools - teen court
program
• What is the nature of the bullying incidents you see in teen court
(e.g., spreading rumors or
facts about sexual encounters, drugs and alcohol use, belittling a
student who is different
because of physical appearance or handicap, special education student,
race and ethnicity,
faith or religion, etc.)? not yet in place
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Charles County Sheriff's Teen
Court
Maryellen Kraese
Teen Court Coordinator
Charles County Sheriff's Teen Court
Office of the Charles County Sheriff
6915 Crain Highway
P.O. Box 189
La Plata, MD 20646-0189
301-609-3916 Ext. Fax: 301-392-0842
kraesem@ccso.us
Here is a good resource. This may give some ideas.
http://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org/
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Cabarrus County Teen Court
Cynthia Seaforth
Teen Court Coordinator
"Cabarrus County Mediation Center, Inc."
P.O. Box 1222
Concord, NC 28026
704-786-1820 Ext. Fax: 704-721-3311
ccmctcp@ctc.net
http://www.nomoreconflict.org/tc.htm
We do handle bullying
Teen Court Program
Bullying just because
One in 2005; two in 2003
One high school (15-16 age group); two middle school (11-14
age group)
All males
Two to five day school suspension; teen court; apology
letters; essay, community service, jury duty.
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Morgan County Youth Court
Sherie Wright
Coordinator
Morgan County Attorney's Office/Sheriff's Office
P.O. Box 886
48 West Young Street
Morgan, UT 84050
801-845-4006 Ext. Fax: 801-845-6006
swright@morgan-county.net
Our youth court has handled bullying cases. Our court is
community based. The cases have been cases dealing with race
(2), spreading of rumors (3), etc. We heard five cases out
of a case load of 36 in one year. All of the students have
been male and between the ages of 11-13. The sanctions were
letters of apology, a class with the counselor, community
service and improvement of grades or attendance.
This the Morgan Youth Court in Morgan, Utah. We have about
2100 students in our district evenly divided between the
three schools.
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Okaloosa County Teen Court
Sean Reed
Project Coordinator
Lutheran Services Florida
"1270 North Elgin Parkway, Suite C"
Shalimar, FL 32579
850-609-1133 Ext. Fax: 850-609-7990
sreed@lsfnet.org
Okaloosa County Teen Court does not currently handle
“bullying” cases. The cases are given to us if an arrest is
made for battery or assault. We are currently working with
the School Resource Officers in our area to expand our
coverage and hope to soon handle school incidents that do
not lead to an arrest.
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Port St. Lucie Police
Department Juvenile Restorative Justice Program
Alice Kenyon
Coordinator
Port St. Lucie Police Department
121 Southwest Port St. Lucie Blvd.
Port St. Lucie, FL 34984
772-344-4087 Ext. Fax: 772-344-4079
akenyon@cityofpsl.com
We run our Restorative Justice Initiative out of the Port
St. Lucie Police Department. Just last night we had a case
that involved bullying, however, the charge was battery. A
School resource officer arrested 3 12 yr old boys in 6th
grade for pushing a student they believed had told the
teacher on another student. The whole time they were pushing
and punching the boy, they were telling him he "better not
tell anyone." We addressed the bully aspects even though the
charge was battery. Each of the boys got an essay to write
on bullying. In this case the victim and his father were
members of the peer review panel. 2 of the 3 defendants were
brought to tears by the questioning. The victim felt sorry
for the defendants and told them he forgave them.
They all felt that they could one day be friends again. They
will all be brought together on March 30, as the 3
defendants were assigned jury duty as a Sanction, and the
victim also said he'd like to be on a jury.
Surely, this is the perfect picture of how Restorative
Justice is supposed to work.
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Dakota County Peer Court
Barbara Jacobson
Project Coordinator
Dakota County Attorney's Office
1560 Highway 55
Hastings, MN 55016
651-438-4438 Ext. Fax: 651-438-4499
Barb.Jacobson@co.dakota.mn.us
Our Peer Court program is under the authority of District
Judge Thomas Poch and Dakota County Attorney, James C.
Backstrom. We do not handle bullying cases; all bullying
cases must be heard in juvenile court.
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City of Elmira Youth Court
Luanne Strauser
Coordinator
317 E. Church Street
Elmira, NY 14901
607-737-5802 Fax: 607-737-6514
lstrauser@cityofelmira.net
www.ci.elmira.ny.us
The City of Elmira Youth Court does see bullying cases. The
Program is community based (Police Department) The nature of
the bullying cases has been: spreading of rumors;
teasing/belittling students who are handicap, different in
appearance and ethnicity, and special education students.
The majority of cases have been he said/she said this about
me… The number of bullying case has been approximately 60.
Typical age of offender and victim has been 12-14 years of
age. The gender has been mostly female, but we have had some
males. Typical sanctions for these offenses have been
community service, apology letters, and soon to be
educational classes.
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Reed High School Peer court
Kevin Browning
Community Policing Coordinator
Sparks Police Department
1701 E. Prater Way
Sparks, NV 89434
775-353-2450 Fax: 775-353-2488
kbrowning@cityofsparks.us
Our school based court does handle bullying issues, and most
of these are spreading rumors, talking behind another
students back, and once in a while will be based on
ethnicity. We see approximately three cases per school year
and the students involved are of all high school ages. There
is no preference in gender, as we have seen both males and
females involved. For these types of cases, we get them
involved into student counseling at the school or some
mediation with an administrator. They will also be given
some school work crew.
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La Pine Teen Court
Mary Fleischmann
Program Coordinator
Deschutes County Juvenile Community Justice
P.O. Box 2035
La Pine, OR 97739
541-536-5002 Fax: 541-536-1983
Mary_Engstrom@co.deschutes.or.us
Yes our court deals with many bullying cases - they can be
charged with harassment, assault or in some cases disorderly
conduct. We have had sexual and racial harassment cases,
pretty much the gamut of what has been listed. Our court is
a community based court. There has been an increase of cases
this year and on average we handle minimally one a month and
as many as 4 a month. The age ranges are 7th grade thru high
school - with many of the cases more typical of boys but
girls are gaining. Victims are the same profile. Sanctions -
some obvious ones are community work service and personal
apologies. We also do VOMP - victim offender mediation as
well as victim empathy classes.
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Vilas County Teen Court
Nancy Anne Livingston
Teen Court Coordinator
330 Court Street
Eagle River, WI 54521
715-479-3749 Fax: 715-479-1978
nalivi@co.vilas.wi.us
Does your program handle bullying cases? Yes we have under
disorderly conduct.
Is your program a community-based or school-based youth,
teen, peer, or student court? Community-based teen court who
allow youth between the ages of 10 – 16.
What is the nature of the bullying incidents you see in teen
court (e.g., spreading rumors or facts about sexual
encounters, drugs and alcohol use, belittling a student who
is different because of physical appearance or handicap,
special education student, race and ethnicity, faith or
religion, etc.)? the nature of this case was jealousy around
boyfriend issues…
The number of bullying cases heard over a year.
Typical age of offender, and victim (if known). Gender of
offender and victim. Last year there were three high school
girls who came to teen court ages 14, 14 and 15.
Typical sanctions for these offenses. Letters of apology to
all victims, restitution, community service, one had to read
a children’s book on bullying to a grade school classroom
and talk about why it is wrong, etc.
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Susan Armoni
Executive Director
The National Mediation Center™
paxUnited
508 Twilight, Suite 99
Richardson, TX 75080
972.671.9550 Fax: 972.671.9549
www.paxUnited.org
susan.armoni@paxunited.org
Does your program handle bullying cases? Yes.
Is your program a community-based or school-based youth,
teen, peer, or student court? We have community-based,
school-based pre-k through 12. It is peer led.
What is the nature of the bullying incidents you see in teen
court (e.g., spreading rumors or facts about sexual
encounters, drugs and alcohol use, belittling a student who
is different because of physical appearance or handicap,
special education student, race and ethnicity, faith or
religion, etc.)? Race, ethnicity, faith, and different.
The number of bullying cases heard over a year. 57
Typical age of offender, and victim (if known). 13-15
Gender of offender and victim. 65%male; 35% female
Typical sanctions for these offenses. We handle the
mediation part of the consequence. Sanctions vary by
severity and community.
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Santa Rita High School Teen
Court
Rick Lamparzyk
Tucson Unified School District
3951 S. Pantano
Tucson, AZ 85730
520-731-7500 Fax: 520-731-7501
Richard.Lamparzyk@tusd.k12.az.us
We do not handle bullying cases at this time and we are a
school based student program.
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