Volunteer Services in a Juvenile Court

Abstract

While more people than we imagine are looking for new op portunities to serve their communities, this volunteer resource has remained relatively untapped by most juvenile courts. This article points out why volunteers are essential to the courts and how they supplement the services of paid staff. While they must be recruited, trained, and supervised by professionally trained, paid employees, volunteers provide services which paid staff cannot provide. Details are given to illustrate how volunteer services have been organized and used. Innovations and expan sion in existing volunteer services are suggested and encouraged.