Tribe: Pueblo of Acoma
4-5-1
Purposes of [Chapter]; Interpretation A.
Purposes:
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Consistent with the protection of the public interest, to
remove from children committing delinquent acts the adult
consequences of criminal behavior, but to still hold children
committing delinquent acts accountable for their actions to
the extent of the child’s age, education, mental and physical
condition, background and all other relevant factors, and to
provide a program of supervision, care and rehabilitation,
including rehabilitative restitution by the child to the victims
of the child’s delinquent act to the extent that the child is
reasonably able to do so;
To provide effective deterrents to acts of juvenile
delinquency, including an emphasis on community-based
alternatives;
To strengthen families and to successfully reintegrate
children into homes and the community;
To foster and encourage collaboration between government
agencies and the community with regard to juvenile justice
policies and procedures;
To develop juvenile justice policies and procedures that are
supported by data;
To develop objective risk assessment instruments to be
used for admission to juvenile detention centers;
To encourage efficient processing of cases;
To develop community-based alternatives to detention;
To improve conditions of confinement in juvenile detention
centers; and
To achieve reductions in the number of warrants issued, the
number of probation violations and the number of youth
awaiting placements. B. Interpretation
The definitions set forth in §4-2-3, as amended, shall apply to this
Chapter. Nothing in these definitions shall be used to interfere with
or prohibit cultural and spiritual development of the child or family,
nor shall these definitions be used to interfere with traditional child
rearing practices of a child’s family or Indian tribe.]