North Carolina § 7B-2500 - Purpose.

§ 7B-2500. Purpose.

The purpose of dispositions in juvenile actions is to design an appropriate plan to meet the needs of the juvenile and to achieve the objectives of the State in exercising jurisdiction, including the protection of the public. The court should develop a disposition in each case that: Promotes public safety; Emphasizes accountability and responsibility of both the parent, guardian, or custodian and the juvenile for the juvenile's conduct; and Provides the appropriate consequences, treatment, training, and rehabilitation to assist the juvenile toward becoming a nonoffending, responsible, and productive member of the community. History (1979, c. 815, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 609, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 6.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 17.8, provides: "The Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention [Division of Juvenile Justice] shall report by October 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety, the Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control, and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee, and the Fiscal Research Division on the Youth Development Center (YDC) population, staffing, and capacity in the preceding fiscal year. Specifically, the report shall include all of the following: "(1) The on-campus population of each YDC, including the county the juveniles are from. "(2) The housing capacity of each YDC. "(3) A breakdown of staffing for each YDC, including number, type of position, position title, and position description. "(4) The per-bed and average daily population cost for each facility. "(5) The operating cost for each facility, including personnel and nonpersonnel items. "(6) A brief summary of the treatment model, education, services, and plans for reintegration into the community offered at each facility. "(7) The average length of stay in the YDCs. "(8) The number of incidents of assaults/attacks on staff at each facility." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 17.9, provides: "The Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention [Division of Juvenile Justice] shall report electronically on the first day of each month to the Fiscal Research Division regarding each juvenile correctional facility and the average daily population for the previous month. The report shall include (i) the average daily population for each detention center and (ii) the monthly summary of the Committed Youth Report." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5 is a severability clause. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 16A.4, provides: "The former juvenile detention facility known as Samarkand Manor, located in Moore County, is redesignated a law enforcement and corrections training facility and assigned to the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety. The facility shall be renamed Samarcand Training Academy and shall be administered by a Director. The operating budget for Samarcand Training Academy shall be funded by the Department of Public Safety but shall be independent of the operating budget of any Division within the Department and shall be managed and administered by the Director of the Academy with oversight by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause. Legal Periodicals. - For article on rights and interests of parent, child, family and State, see 4 Campbell L. Rev. 85 (1981). For note on community-based care for juvenile offenders, see 18 Wake Forest L. Rev. 610 (1982). For article, "Leandro v. State and the Constitutional Limitation on School Suspensions and Expulsions in North Carolina" see 83 N.C. L. Rev. 1507 (2005). For empirical study, "The Faces Within: An Examination of the Disparate Treatment of Minority Youth Throughout the North Carolina Juvenile Justice System," see 40 Wake Forest L. Rev. 727 (2005). For article, "Recent Development: Long-Term Suspension and the Right to an Education: An Alternative Approach," 90 N.C.L. Rev. 293 (2011). For article, "Implementing De-Incarceration Strategies: Policies and Practices to Reduce Crime and Mass Incarceration: Race and Reform: A Missed Opportunity for Meaningful Impact and Potential Remedies," see 51 Wake Forest L. Rev. 545 (2016).