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If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. Post-Conference Report AMERICA'S MISSING, RUNAWAY AND EXPLOITED CIllLDREN: A JUVENILE JUSTICE DILEMMA A Conference Conducted October 30 - November 2, 1988 In Washington, D.C. Presented by . The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in cooperation with The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice q; and with the assistance of Covenant House ft and tf The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 'A ',& ~ :, )~ () ;": ~j~ ~ ] ~ ,~ I '--- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges University of Nevada - Reno ~{" j ...... P.O. Box 8970 Reno, Nevada 89507 (702) 784-6012 ~ I ,&: ""I, I NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES 1988·1989 I Metropolitan Court Judges Committee I Chairman: Stephen Bo Herrell, Portland, Ore.; ViceaChairman: David B. Mitchell, Baltimore, Md. I Steering Committee: Paul Davis, Jr.~ Austin, Tex.; Leonard P. Edwardsy San Jose, Calif.; William E. Gladstone, Miami, Fla.; David Eo Grossmann9 Cincinnati, Ohio; James W. Payne, I Indianapolis, Ind.; Sheridan E. Reed, San Diego, Calif.; Kathryn Do! Todd, Los Angeles, Calif. Committee Members: Eric Andell, Houston, TeL; Hany RoAron, Chicago, Ill.; John E. Brown, I Albuquerque, N.M.; Terrence~ Carroll9 Seattle, Wash.; Nicholas ~ Cipriani, Philadelphia, Pa.; Thomas C. Crewson, Tulsa, OIda.; Willard H. Douglas, Jr., Richmond, Va.; Ernestine S. Gray, New Orleans, La.; Betty Vitousek, Honolulu, Hawaii; Thomas J. Helms, Kansas City, Mo.; I Jeremiah S. Jeremiah, Jr.~ Providence, R.I.; Gordon A.. Martin, Jr., Boston, Mass.; Sharon P. McCully, Salt Lake City, Utah; Katherine A.. McDonald New York, N. Y.; John S. McGroarty, Las 9 I Vegas, Nev.; Bruce W. Mencher, Washingto~ D.C.; Lester V. Moore, Jr., Norfolk, Va.; Allen Oleisky, Minneapolis, Minn.; Frances Pitts, Detroit, Mich.; Romae T. Powell, Atlanta, Ga.; Tom !Uck.1wff, San Antonio, Tex.; Kenneth A. Rocco, Cleveland Ohio; Co Kimball Rose,Phoenix, Ariz.; 9 I Sandra Ross, Birmingham, Ala.; Patrick T. Sheedy, Milwaukee, Wise.; C~therine Stayman, Dallas, Tex.; June Strelecki, Newar~ N.J.; Robert D. Thompson, Wilmingto~ Dela.; KennethA. Turner, Memphis Tenn.; Orrelle R. Weeks, Denver Colo.; Roy Wonder, San Francisco, Calif.; 9 9 I William J. Samford~ II~ Mt. Meigs, Ala. Staff: Arne Schoener, Project Director; Joey Andrews, Project Manager; Sherry Malloy, Sr. I Administrative Assistant. I I I I I ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This conference was conducted under Grant #87~MU-CX-OOOl from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Depanment of Justice. I Points of view or opinions in this document aretbose of the Metropolitan Court Judges Committee, conference faculty and participants and do not represent neces sarily the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice or of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. I I I. I I Post-Conference Report AMERICA'S MISSING, RUNAWAY AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: I A JUVENILE JUSTICE DILEMMA A Conference Conducted I October 30 - November 2, 1988 m I Washington, D.C. I I Presented by I The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges . in cooperation with The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, I U.So Department of Justice and with the assistance of Covenant House I and 'I The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 'I NCJRS :1 :1 QUISITiONS I, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges /1 University of Nevada - Reno P.O. Box 8970 ~. Reno, Nevada 89507 t~·I ~ (702) 784-6012 ~,'~I . ct.. r I NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES 1988·1989 I Metropolitan Court Judges Committee I Chainnan: Stephen B. Herrell, Portland, Ore.; Vice-Chairman: David B. Mitchell, Baltimore, Md. I Steering Committee: Paul Davis, Jr., Austin, Tex.; Leonard P. Edwards, San Jose, Calif.; William E. Gladstone, Miami, Fla.; David E. Grossmann, Cincinnati, Ohio; James W. Payne, I Indianapolis, Ind.; Sheridan E. Reed, San Diego, Calif.; Kathryn Doi Todd, Los Angeles, Calif. I Committee Members: Eric Andell, Houston, Tex.; Harry B. Aron, Chicago, Ill.; John E. Brown, Albuquerque, N.M.; Terrence A. Carroll, Seattle, Wash.; Nicholas A. Cipriani, Philadelphia, Pa.; Thomas C. Crewson, Tulsa, Okla.; Willard H. Douglas, Jr., Richmond, Va.; Ernestine S. Gray, I New Orleans, La.; Betty Vitousek, Honolulu, Hawaii; Thomas J. Helms, Kansas City, Mo.; Jeremiah S. Jeremiah, Jr., Providence, R.I.; Gordon A. Martin, Jr., Boston, Mass.; Sharon P. McCully, Salt Lake City, Utah; Katherine A. McDonald,New York, N.Y.; John S. McGroarty, Las I Vegas, Nev.; Bruce W.1VIencher, Washington, D.C.; Lester V. Moore, Jr., Norfolk, Va.; Allen Oleisky, Minneapolis, Minn.; Frances Pitts, Detroit, Mich.; Romae T. Powell, Atlanta, Ga.; Tom RickhoiT, San Antonio, Tex.; KennethA. Rocco, Cleveland, Ohio; C. Kimball Rose,Phoenix, Ariz.; I Sandra Ross, Birmingham, Ala.; Patrick T. Sheedy, Milwaukee, Wise.; Catherine Stayman, Dallas, Tex.; June Strelecki, Newark, N.J.; Robert D. Thompson, Wilmington, Dela.; Kenneth A. Turner, Memphis, Tenn.; Orrelle R. Weeks, Denver, Colo.; Roy Wonder, San Francisco, Calif.; I William J. Samford, II, Mt. Meigs, Ala. Staff: Arne Schoeller, Project Director; Joey Andrews, Project Manager; Sherry Malloy, Sr. Administrative Assistant. 119280 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice This document has been reproduced exactly as received from the I person or organization originating it. Points of view or opinions stated in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the National Institute of Justice. Permission to reproduce this~ material has been I granted by _£:ub 1 i c J2Q:mcLW OJ..JJ)J?__ _ ___Q---R..~.ep.a..r:±m.ent of J:ustice I to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). Further reproduction outside of the NCJRS system requires permis sion of the ~wner. I ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This conference was conducted under Grant #87-MU-CX-OOOl from the I Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the Metropolitan Court Judges Committee, conference faculty and participants and do not represent neces sarily the official pOSition or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice or of the I National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. I I I I I I I Woman: Covenant House Nineline, can I help you? Teenager: Yes, Like I'm calling from a trick's house, who gave me the number. Isn't that weird? I just'feel I desperate. Woman: Yeah, I understand that, yeah. I Teenager: I have gray hairs, I never had them before. I'm 17 and I have gray hairs. And I'm tired, so tired. I never would have thought, when I was growing up, I never ever, I ever would have thought in a million years that this was the way I was going to be. Before I even turned 18. Oh, God. I mean if you run away, the running never stops, you know, I you run to the drugs, you run from the pimps, you run from the police, you run from everybody, and you just keep running. And you're running until you finally just run out. I If I could just -- if one kid would just stay home and try to work, if one family could just work their problems out, you know, if just one family could work their problems out, it I would make my whole miserable life worthwhile. I CBS News 48 Hours on Runaway Street I March 10, 1988 'Ii ' :1 :1 "I 'I - ~---- II I· I I I I TABLE OF CONTENTS I Introduction ............................................................................ 111........................................ 1 I Conference Caucus Recommendations ...................................................................... 3 A Call to Action from the Metropolitan Court Judges Committee ...................... 9 I Conference Session Abstracts .................................................................................... 14 Selected Excerpts from Community Team Reports .............................................. 30 Addenda ....................................................................... "................................................ 50 I Conference Program Schedule Juvenile Justice Bulletin - "Stranger Abduction Homicides of Children" I Faculty List Participant List !I \. I I I I ------~,-. -------------------------------------------------------------~~- '. - - IIr; Introduction A conference entitled "America's Missing, Runaway and Exploited Children: A Juvenile Justice Dilemma" was conducted in Wa5hington, D.C. from October 30 through November 2, 1988. The conference was organized by the Metropolitan Court Judges Committee of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges with the assistance of Covenant House and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Childrfm. Funding for the Conference was provided by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin quency Prevention of the Department of Justice. At the conference it was announced that the Metropolitan Court Judges Committee would produce a post-conference report that would be distrib uted to all participants and faculty in the spring of 1989. This is that report. When the Council's Metropolitan Court Judges Committee steering group met together to plan the conference in May and June, 1988, several confer ence goals emerged. Among the goals set were: .. The conference would be more than a rote repetition of missing and exploited children's data. It would set out the problems, provide