The mission of Clark County Juvenile Court, in partnership with the community is to:
- Faithfully perform our responsibilities as mandated by law;
- Be good stewards of the public trust;
- Address harms done to victims;
- Hold offenders accountable to victims and the community;
- Provide and be open to opportunities for learning and positive change; and
- Share in creating safe and healthy neighborhoods and community.
Vision & Values
We will put our energy and resources into the future. Our focus will be on what needs to be healed, what needs to be repaid, what needs to be learned. New roles based in the conceptual framework of Balanced and Restorative Justice are envisioned for youth, juvenile justice professionals, and the community in the 21st Century. These roles will emerge in response to a coherent set of action-oriented priorities that balance Community Safety, Accountability, and Competency Development, wherein victims, the community, and offenders should receive balanced attention. All three should gain tangible benefits from their interactions with the juvenile justice system.
"Clark County juvenile justice system is, at its heart, the community’s response to crime and the harms caused by crime. As such this response should strive to achieve certain specific outcomes."
To achieve these outcomes we will strive at every level of the organization to emphasize community safety through a range of responses that:
- Support the concerns of crime victims and the community;
- Provide opportunities for the active participation of victims and the community responding to crime;
- Hold offenders accountable for harm done to victims and the community;
- Provide services that present offenders with opportunities to learn personal responsibility, develop new competencies, and affirm their human worth;
- Encourage family involvement and responsibility; and
- Support, and empower a competent and diverse work force.
