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Juvenile Justice is Not a Four-letter Word
SESSION INFO
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Session Type: Workshop
The workshop will explore the role juvenile justice, specifically juvenile probation, plays within society and how we can better support our juveniles as they mature into adulthood. This will be done through a basic exploration of behavioral theories and transition into a larger conversation about how juvenile justice can best fill the need within our communities by working with community partners (such as schools, behavioral health, law enforcement, non-profit organizations), supervising juveniles in a wholistic manner, and focusing on using preventative intervention programs. We know through research and experience that juveniles require different interventions to meet them where they are and support them in success. This intervention can be as simple as helping a family through behavioral health enrollment without a criminal referral or as complex as working with a juvenile with no family struggling with trauma going through sexual maladaptive behavior treatment. No matter the situation, partnerships are critical.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Dan Lammers
Juvenile Probation Supervisor, Yavapai Juvenile Court Services
Dan Lammers joined the Marine Corps in 1995 and served until retiring in 2018. While serving, Dan worked in the military police field from 1999 to 2018 in various capacities to include serving as the Chief of Police for three different departments. Upon retiring in 2018, Dan began work as a juvenile probation officer and is currently assigned as a Juvenile Probation Supervisor overseeing Intensive Probation, Sex Offenders, Diversions, and Special Programs. Special Programs includes the 20 week residential and non-residential drug treatment program (Journey), the Bridges Program which offers an early intervention approach to juveniles and families that have a police referral, a respite request, or were referred for the Out of School Suspension program, and the Learn and Earn program which serves as a paid summer job training program for juveniles on probation. Dan earned his bachelor’s degree in criminology in 1999, Master’s degree in Criminal Justice in 2009, and his PhD in Public Safety in 2019.
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