Alaska Statutes 47.12.140 – Court dispositional order

In making its dispositional order under Alaska Stat. § 47.12.120 (b)(1) – (3) and (5) and (j), the court shall

(1) consider both the best interests of the minor and the interests of the public, and, in doing so, the court shall take into account

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 47.12.140

court: means the superior court of the state. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.990
department: means the Department of Family and Community Services. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.990
juvenile detention facility: means a secure facility for the detention of delinquent minors in the custody of the department under Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.990
juvenile treatment facility: means a secure facility for treatment of minors adjudicated delinquent and committed by a court to the care and custody of the department under Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.990
minor: as used in this chapter includes a person described in this section. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.022
secure residential psychiatric treatment center: has the meaning given "residential psychiatric treatment center" in Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.990
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

(A) the seriousness of the minor’s delinquent act and the attitude of the minor and the minor’s parents toward that act;

(B) the minor’s culpability as indicated by the circumstances of the particular case;

(C) the age of the minor;

(D) the minor’s prior criminal or juvenile record and the success or failure of any previous orders, dispositions, or placements imposed on the minor;

(E) the effect of the dispositional order to be imposed in deterring the minor from committing other delinquent acts;

(F) the need to commit the minor to the department‘s custody or to detain the minor in a juvenile treatment facility, juvenile detention facility, secure residential psychiatric treatment center, or other suitable place in order to prevent further harm to the public;

(G) the interest of the public in securing the minor’s rehabilitation; and

(H) the ability of the state to take custody of and to care for the minor; and

(2) order the least restrictive alternative disposition for the minor; for purposes of this paragraph, the “least restrictive alternative disposition” means that disposition that is no more restrictive than is, in the judgment of the court, most conducive to the minor’s rehabilitation taking into consideration the interests of the public.

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