Abstract
ABSTRACT A controversy exists over the legal authority of juvenile court judges to apply contempt power to incarcerate nondeliquent youths. The decisions by reviewing courts reflect three distinct approaches to contempt power. One approach gives juvenile court judges unlimited legal authority to incarcerate status offenders for disobeying court orders. A second holds incarceration for contempt to be inappropriate and contrary to legislative directives under each state's Juvenile Court Act. A third strikes a “middle-ground,” in which incarceration of nondeliquent youths for contempt is permissible within narrow legal parameters. Resolving the conflicts created by these disparate approaches likely will require federal court intervention.
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