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4 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 401 (1972)
The Training of Community Judges: Rehabilitative Adjudication

handle is hein.journals/colhr4 and id is 407 raw text is: The Training of Community Judges: Rehabilitative Adjudication By William P. Statsky* I. INTRODUCTION Gilbert is in his freshman year of High School. One of his teach- ers, Mr. Huber, suspects him of smoking pot in the school bath- room, but he has never been able to prove it. Mr. Huber speaks to Gilbert about it one day in the corridor. Both soon become very angry with each other. They are shouting. Mr. Huber orders Gilbert to the office of the principal, Mr. Fisher. Gilbert becomes furious. They begin to struggle. Mr. Huber falls to the ground and Gilbert disappears. Mr. Huber immediately calls the police to arrest Gilbert for assault. In New York City, Gilbert may now be confronted with an array of official proceedings: school suspension hearings, police station interroga- tion, probation office investigation, Family Court confrontation and pos- sibly Civil Court action. This paper deals with one aspect of a program designed to provide an alternative process of disposition. The experiment, located in the Bronx, New York, is called the Neighborhood Youth Di- version Program. It is the product of joint planning by the Vera Institute of Justice' and the Institute for Social Research at Fordham University.2 Adjunct Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law, former Forum Director, Neighborhood Youth Diversion Program; B.A., Boston College 1964; J.D., Boston College 1967; LL.M., New York University 1970. 1. Vera undertakes research and demonstration programs designed to divert in- dividuals out of the criminal justice system into alternative rehabilitation settings. Some of Vera's projects have included the Manhattan Bowery Project, the Court Employment Project, the Bronx Sentencing Project and the Addiction Research and Treatment Pro- gram. VE:RA INsrrrur OF JUsTICE, THE VE:R& REPoRT 1-5 (1970). See also Vm. INSTIUTrE OF JUSTICE, PROPOSAL FOR =is NEIGHBORHOOD YouTr DIvRsmION PROJECT 8 (1970). 2. The Institute for Social Research was created by the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology at Fordham University as an operating entity to put into practice

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