How will my child's juvenile record affect his or her future?

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How will my child's juvenile record affect his or her future?

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Your son or daughter gets arrested and they are underage, a minor, a juvenile, whatever your state happens to call it. They are under 18, under 17, under 16, depending upon your state. What's going to happen with that information? Who gets to have that information? First of all, it's important to know that across the United States, the juvenile court records are confidential. They cannot be released to your child's High School. They cannot be released to your child's college. That information is not going to go to their future employers. Except, the question could be asked if your son or daughter is applying for a job which deals with National Security, that deals with security. That may need to be disclosed. That's a question that needs to be answered at the time. For regular employment, for regular school, that's confidential information and no one has access to it.

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In 2012 Lt. Joe Laramie (retired) formed Laramie Consulting, where he provides strategies and solutions for law enforcement and schools to address policy and training on a variety of technology and child exploration issues. He has 30 years of experience in the area of child protection, was certified Police Juvenile Specialist and taught D.A.R.E. for 15 years. From 2010-2011 he worked for the Missouri Attorney General as Adminstrator of Computer Forensics Lab, responsible for addressing online crimes against children, cyber bullying and human trafficking. In 2010, after 31 years of service he retired as a Lieutenant from the Glendale Police Department, where he was detached form 2003-2010 as Commander of the Missouri Interent Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. During his time with MO ICAC he served the National ICAC Task Force Program as liaison to Interent Safety Organizaitons such as Netsmartz, iKeepSafe, and Web Wise Kids, and was a member of the Executive Committee. He is a nationally known speaker on the topic of online crimes against children, technology safety, and cyber bullying. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Bellevue University and is a 2004 graduate of the FBI National Academy.

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Your son or daughter gets arrested and they are underage, a minor, a juvenile, whatever your state happens to call it. They are under 18, under 17, under 16, depending upon your state. What's going to happen with that information? Who gets to have that information? First of all, it's important to know that across the United States, the juvenile court records are confidential. They cannot be released to your child's High School. They cannot be released to your child's college. That information is not going to go to their future employers. Except, the question could be asked if your son or daughter is applying for a job which deals with National Security, that deals with security. That may need to be disclosed. That's a question that needs to be answered at the time. For regular employment, for regular school, that's confidential information and no one has access to it.