Crime & Traffic
Juvenile justice system
Resources that help if you have a juvenile offense issue.
Learn your rights (1 resources)
Explains how to erase the record of an arrest that happened when a person was a minor.
Guide
Forms (1 resources)
A program to help you complete the forms to ask the court to expunge your juvenile records.
Easy Form
Other resources for the public (17 resources)
Explains the common shortening of words on a RAP sheet so that you can understand your arrest record.
Text article
Explains qualifications to be tried as a juvenile and rules for juvenile cases.
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Explains how long you have to wait after the criminal record is made before you can have it hidden.
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Explains how hiding or erasing your criminal or juvenile record might affect your immigration status.
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Lawyer resources (3 resources)
An article for lawyers that explains certain types of offenses and charges are ineligible for automatic juvenile expungement in Illinois.
File download
Manual on domestic relations and juvenile law, including editable forms. 2023 edition.
IICLE
Guide to juvenile justice: services children, status offenses, diversion and pre-adjudication disposition, transfer of jurisdiction, proceedings after trial, federal law, and more. 2021 edition.
IICLE