§ 5603. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter—
(1)
the term “community based” facility, program, or service means a small, open group home or other suitable place located near the juvenile’s home or family and programs of community supervision and service which maintain community and consumer participation in the planning operation, and evaluation of their programs which may include, but are not limited to, medical, educational, vocational, social, and psychological guidance, training, special education, counseling, alcoholism treatment, drug treatment, and other rehabilitative services;
(2)
the term “Federal juvenile delinquency program” means any juvenile delinquency program which is conducted, directly, or indirectly, or is assisted by any Federal department or agency, including any program funded under this chapter;
(3)
the term “juvenile delinquency program” means any program or activity related to juvenile delinquency prevention, control, diversion, treatment, rehabilitation, planning, education, training, and research, including drug and alcohol abuse programs; the improvement of the juvenile justice system; and any program or activity designed to reduce known risk factors for juvenile delinquent behavior, provides [1] activities that build on protective factors for, and develop competencies in, juveniles to prevent, and reduce the rate of, delinquent juvenile behavior;
(4)
(A)
the term “Bureau of Justice Assistance” means the bureau established by section
3741 of this title;
(B)
the term “Office of Justice Programs” means the office established by section
3711 of this title;
(6)
the term “law enforcement and criminal justice” means any activity pertaining to crime prevention, control, or reduction or the enforcement of the criminal law, including, but not limited to police efforts to prevent, control, or reduce crime or to apprehend criminals, activities of courts having criminal jurisdiction and related agencies (including prosecutorial and defender services), activities of corrections, probation, or parole authorities, and programs relating to the prevention, control, or reduction of juvenile delinquency or narcotic addiction;
(7)
the term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;
(8)
the term “unit of local government” means—
(A)
any city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State;
(9)
the term “combination” as applied to States or units of local government means any grouping or joining together of such States or units for the purpose of preparing, developing, or implementing a juvenile justice and delinquency prevention plan;
(10)
the term “construction” means acquisition, expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings, and initial equipment of any such buildings, or any combination of such activities (including architects’ fees but not the cost of acquisition of land for buildings);
(11)
the term “public agency” means any State, unit of local government, combination of such States or units, or any department, agency, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing;
(12)
the term “secure detention facility” means any public or private residential facility which—
(13)
the term “secure correctional facility” means any public or private residential facility which—
(14)
the term “serious crime” means criminal homicide, forcible rape or other sex offenses punishable as a felony, mayhem, kidnapping, aggravated assault, drug trafficking, robbery, larceny or theft punishable as a felony, motor vehicle theft, burglary or breaking and entering, extortion accompanied by threats of violence, and arson punishable as a felony;
(15)
the term “treatment” includes but is not limited to medical, educational, special education, social, psychological, and vocational services, corrective and preventive guidance and training, and other rehabilitative services designed to protect the public, including services designed to benefit addicts and other users by eliminating their dependence on alcohol or other addictive or nonaddictive drugs or by controlling their dependence and susceptibility to addiction or use;
(16)
the term “valid court order” means a court order given by a juvenile court judge to a juvenile—
(17)
the term “Council” means the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention established in section
5616
(a)(1) of this title;
(19)
the term “comprehensive and coordinated system of services” means a system that—
(A)
ensures that services and funding for the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency are consistent with policy goals of preserving families and providing appropriate services in the least restrictive environment so as to simultaneously protect juveniles and maintain public safety;
(B)
identifies, and intervenes early for the benefit of, young children who are at risk of developing emotional or behavioral problems because of physical or mental stress or abuse, and for the benefit of their families;
(20)
the term “gender-specific services” means services designed to address needs unique to the gender of the individual to whom such services are provided;
(21)
the term “home-based alternative services” means services provided to a juvenile in the home of the juvenile as an alternative to incarcerating the juvenile, and includes home detention;
(22)
the term “jail or lockup for adults” means a locked facility that is used by a State, unit of local government, or any law enforcement authority to detain or confine adults—
(23)
the term “nonprofit organization” means an organization described in section
501
(c)(3) of title
26 that is exempt from taxation under section
501
(a) of title
26;
(24)
the term “graduated sanctions” means an accountability-based, graduated series of sanctions (including incentives, treatment, and services) applicable to juveniles within the juvenile justice system to hold such juveniles accountable for their actions and to protect communities from the effects of juvenile delinquency by providing appropriate sanctions for every act for which a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent, by inducing their law-abiding behavior, and by preventing their subsequent involvement with the juvenile justice system;
(25)
the term “contact” means the degree of interaction allowed between juvenile offenders in a secure custody status and incarcerated adults under section
31.303(d)(1)(i) of title
28, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on December 10, 1996;
(28)
the term “collocated facilities” means facilities that are located in the same building, or are part of a related complex of buildings located on the same grounds; and
(29)
the term “related complex of buildings” means 2 or more buildings that share—
(A)
physical features, such as walls and fences, or services beyond mechanical services (heating, air conditioning, water and sewer); or
(B)
the specialized services that are allowable under section
31.303(e)(3)(i)(C)(3) of title
28 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on December 10, 1996.
[1] So in original. Probably should be “provide”.