Missouri Juvenile Justice Task Force

MEMBERS:

	Senator Wayne Wallingford, 27th		Representative Ron Hicks, 107th
Vacant			Representative Jeremy LaFaver, 25th

Phyllis Becker	Patsy Carter
Mary Chant	Tim Decker
LaVante Falls	Karen Kraft, State Public Defenders Office Designee
Jason Lamb	Tracy McClard
Ed Morris	Vivian Murphy
Bev Newman	Gary Waint

Juvenile Justice Resources

Established pursuant to SCR 29, 2014.
The mission of the Task Force shall be to fully consider and make recommendations in a report to the General Assembly on:
(1) Raising the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to age eighteen;
(2) Removing juveniles from adult jails pre-trial;
(3) Revising the age of certification to adult court;
(4) Current laws relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court;
(5) Current research of best practices for handling offenses committed by youth in the court system;
(6) The benefits of retaining youth under the juvenile justice jurisdictions in this state;
(7) Methods to reduce the number of youth in adult detention centers and prisons; and
(8) The long-term fiscal impact of treating youth in the adult criminal system.

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