Tennessee Code Title 37. Juveniles § 37-3-902

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this part:

(1) “Appropriate sampling” means cases of a second or subsequent incident of an adjudicated delinquent act by the same juvenile or cases involving a juvenile with one (1) adjudicated delinquent act whose case contains an element of systemic concern selected by the commission from all profiled cases submitted by the department of children's services;

(2) “Commission” means the Tennessee juvenile justice review commission, created by § 37-3-903;

(3) “Critical incident” includes:

(A) An escape by a delinquent juvenile from a youth development center or a youth detention center;

(B) An act of aggression committed by a delinquent juvenile against department of children's services staff or others while the juvenile is in the custody of the department;

(D) An allegation of abuse by department staff against a delinquent juvenile in the custody of the department; and

(E) Incidents involving the need for psychiatric in-patient treatment by a delinquent juvenile in the custody of the department;

(4) “Department” means the department of children's services;

(5) “Investigatory meetings” means commission meetings where information made confidential pursuant to state or federal law is examined by the commission or information is being discussed that is relevant to a pending criminal action or juvenile court proceeding;

(6) “Placement” means a detention center, hardware secure facility, staff secure facility, residential treatment facility, facilities used primarily for the detention of youth adjudicated delinquent, foster home, or jail; and

(7) “Systemic concern” means:

(A) The department's decision to place a delinquent youth out-of-state pursuant to a determination that there are no in-state resources to serve that youth;

(B) A diagnosis of intellectual disability for a delinquent youth who has been placed in a hardware secure facility;

(C) The department's decision to transfer a delinquent youth to the department of correction pursuant to a determination that the youth is incorrigible under § 37-5-206(a);

(D) A period of detention of a delinquent youth in a juvenile detention center, or in another setting where the child is held awaiting placement by the department, that exceeds thirty (30) days; or

(E) A case of a delinquent youth reflecting extreme placement instability, as indicated by three (3) placements in six (6) months.

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