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Please answer the following to the best of your knowledge about juvenile restraint (shackling and handcuffs) use in the courts in your jurisdiction.
Questions If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Prof. Andrew Block, JD, at 434-243-4664 or [email protected]. If you have questions about your rights in this study, please contact the UVA Institutional Review Board (IRB) at [email protected] or 434/924-5999 and reference the IRB study number (insert IRB study number here).
Many thanks,
Maryfrances Porter, Ph.D. President & Founder Partnerships for Strategic Impact |
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* Are juveniles appearing in court from detention appearing under delinquency petitions ever placed under physical restraint during their court hearings? |
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* Are juveniles appearing in court from detention appearing under Child in Need of Supervision (CHINS) petitions ever placed under physical restraint during their court hearings? |
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Who decides which defendants should be restrained?
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Which of the following, if any, are considered when deciding whether or not to physically restrain a juvenile in the courtroom? (check all that apply)
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How are they physically restrained? (click all that apply) |
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To the best of your knowledge, have any juveniles in your jurisdiction ever been physically injured because of being physically restrained? |
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* When juvenile defendants are transferred or certified to circuit court, and remain in detention or jail, are they ever placed in physical restraints during their court hearings in circuit court?
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Who decides which defendants should be retrained?
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Which of the following, if any, are considered when deciding whether or not to physically restrain a juvenile in the courtroom? (check all that apply) |
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How are they physically restrained? (check all that apply)
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* To the best of your knowledge, are ADULT defendants ever restrained in circuit court during their court appearances?
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Who decides which defendants should be retrained?
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Which of the following, if any, are considered when deciding whether or not to physically restrain an adult in the courtroom? (check all that apply)
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* Would you answer just a few more questions on this topic? The following questions would NOT be linked to the information here (including NOT being linked to your identified jurisdiction) and WOULD identify your role in the system (i.e., judge, prosecutor, public defender, sheriff/deputy).
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