Juvenile court assistance

Description

Service:

• Counselling, support and care for juvenile and adolescent offenders and their families before, during and after the investigation or criminal proceedings (employees of the juvenile court assistance service)
• Carrying out social training courses for juvenile and adolescent offenders and victim-offender mediation. (Employees of the outpatient measures of the juvenile court assistance centre)
• The youth welfare centre at the police headquarters in Ettstraße (Haftentscheidungshilfe) provides assistance for young people in custody. (§ 72 a JGG)

Info:

• Youth court assistance is one of the statutory tasks of the youth welfare office in accordance with §§ 52 SGB VIII and § 38 JGG
• It is involved in the entire course of the juvenile court proceedings.
• Participation in the social training course (§ 10 Para. 1 No. 6 JGG) or victim-offender mediation (§§ 45 Para. 2 and 47 Para. 2, § 10 Para. 1 No. 7) is imposed by the juvenile court or the public prosecutor's office.

Youth court assistance is one of the statutory duties of the youth welfare office in accordance with §§ 52 SGB VIII and § 38 JGG. It is involved in the entire juvenile court proceedings. The staff of the juvenile court assistance service advise, accompany and support juvenile and adolescent offenders and their families before, during and after the investigation or criminal proceedings, and the staff of the outpatient measures of the juvenile court assistance service organise social training courses for juvenile and adolescent offenders as well as victim-offender mediation. Participation in the social training course (§ 10 Para. 1 No. 6 JGG) or victim-offender mediation (§§ 45 Para. 2 and 47 Para. 2, § 10 Para. 1 No. 7) is imposed by the juvenile court or the public prosecutor's office. The youth welfare centre at the police headquarters in Ettstraße (Haftentscheidungshilfe) provides assistance for young people on remand (§ 72 a JGG).

Legal basis

§ Section 52 SGB VIII and Section 38 JGG