Arizona Laws 8-404. Impact statement; predisposition report
A. The victim may submit a written impact statement or make an oral impact statement to the probation officer for the officer’s use in preparing a predisposition or transfer report.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 8-404
- Delinquent: means a child who is adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Department: means the department of child safety. See Arizona Laws 8-201
- Detention: means the temporary confinement of a juvenile who requires secure care in a physically restricting facility that is completely surrounded by a locked and physically secure barrier with restricted ingress and egress for the protection of the juvenile or the community pending court disposition or as a condition of probation. See Arizona Laws 8-201
- Immediate family: means a victim's spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent or lawful guardian. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Referral: means a report that is submitted to the juvenile court and that alleges that a child is dependent or incorrigible or that a juvenile has committed a delinquent or criminal act. See Arizona Laws 8-201
- Victim: means a person against whom the delinquent act was committed, or if the person is killed or incapacitated, the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent or sibling, any other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or any other lawful representative of the person, except if the person or the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, sibling, other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or other lawful representative is in custody for an offense or is the accused. See Arizona Laws 8-382
B. In preparing the predisposition or transfer report, the probation officer shall consider the economic, physical and psychological impact that the delinquent act has had on the victim and the victim’s immediate family.
C. On request, the probation department shall provide the victim with the following information from the predisposition report:
1. The referral history.
2. The probation officer’s assessment of the case.
3. The disposition and treatment recommendations.
4. The probation officer’s recommendations for treatment and disposition.
5. The detention history.