Parents play a critical role in juvenile court proceedings. Nevertheless, precisely what parents should do in this forum has been ignored in the literature. In this study 100 personnel (judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and probation officers) from three juvenile courts (urban, suburban and rural) were interviewed to determine how parents impact the proceedings and to identify problems created by their participation. The data suggest that solutions to these problems will be difficult, and perhaps impossible, to implement.
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