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Hybrid Model

Definition

A system that combines welfare-oriented rehabilitation goals with justice-model procedural safeguards, the pattern most contemporary juvenile justice systems actually follow.

Related terms

Due Process
The constitutional or legal requirement that a person facing loss of liberty receive fair procedure, including notice, a hearing, and the chance...
In Re Gault
The 1967 United States Supreme Court decision holding that due process protections reach juvenile proceedings that can end in confinement, usually credited...
Justice Model
The view that a young person facing possible confinement is owed the same due process safeguards as an adult defendant, with disposition...
Parens Patriae
A common-law doctrine under which the state acts as an ultimate guardian of persons who cannot fully protect their own legal interests,...
Restorative Model
A third strand that centres the victim and community, asking what harm was done and what would repair it, usually layered on...
Welfare Model
The view that a child who offends is a child in need of care, with disposition scaled to the child's needs rather...

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