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Judicial assistance for young people

The Youth Court Assistance (JGH) supports young people, their custodians or young adults during the criminal proceedings. It checks whether services from youth welfare or other forms of assistance are required and, if necessary, carries them out or...

The Youth Court Assistance (JGH) supports young people, their custodians or young adults during the criminal proceedings. It checks whether services from youth welfare or other forms of assistance are required and, if necessary, carries them out or initiates them. The JGH determines the necessary data on the development of the accused, on their personality, on family and non-family influences as well as on initiated or performed youth welfare services and their results. It informs the authorities involved about its findings - insofar as they are of importance for the criminal proceedings - and recommends measures that are to be taken from the perspective of youth welfare. If there is a main hearing before the courts, the JGH has the right to be present and to speak. In order to be able to react individually to delinquency of young people, the JGH offers a differentiated range of outpatient measures according to the Juvenile Court Act. These include support aids, social training courses, accompanied work, traffic instruction, compensation for damages and conflict resolution within the scope of the perpetrator-victim settlement. These measures are carried out either by the JGH itself or by recognized independent youth welfare organizations with whom the JGH has concluded appropriate performance agreements. If a prison sentence is carried out, the JGH remains in contact with the young person during the detention period. The JGH participates in the drafting of the prison plan and takes part in the prison's preparations for release.

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