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Report on the Teen Court Pro---- F lE The following table shows the offenses for which these 10 juveniles were referred: Number of Percent Tyne of Offense Juveniles of Total Larceny, shoplifting 2 20.0% Breaking and entering 2 20.0% Driving offenses (i.e., no operator's license) 2 20.0% Disorderly conduct 2 20.0% Possession of stolen property 1 10.0% Damage to real property 1 10.0% Total 10 100% Outcomes Cumberland County. The average time that elapses from the Teen Court staff's interview with a referred juvenile and the date the juvenile's case is heard is about two weeks. In the 27 sessions held from October 26, 1993, to January 30, 1995, about 286 cases were heard. (An additional six juvenile offenders, or 2.1% of the total 292 juveniles scheduled for hearing, failed to appear at their hearings.) The constructive sentences ordered to date in the 286 cases heard include a total of approximately 740 jury duties, 4,950 community service hours, and 300 educational seminars. Of the 286 cases heard to date, 64 juveniles are currently working on their sentences, and the 90 days allowed for sentence completion has expired in 222 cases. Of these 222 offenders, 170 (77%) successfully completed their sentences. These 222 juveniles served a total of 510 jury duties, participated in a total of 170 educational seminars, and performed 3,060 hours of community service work. Teen Court participants have performed community service at several libraries, schools, churches, fire departments, day care centers, and museums, as well as a host of other agencies and organizations, including Grove View Terrace Boys and Girls Club, the Fayetteville-Cumberland County Youth Council, Hope Mills Parks and Recreation, Cape Fear Botanical Garden, the Cape Fear Regional Theater, the,Bonnie Doone BRIDGES Project, the American Cancer Society, the SPCA, the March of Dimes, Adopt A Highway, SHARE/Food Bank, the Women's Center, the Community Action Program, the Boy Scouts, Fayetteville Airport, and Habitat for Humanity. In several instances, youths have continued volunteering their time to these agencies and organizations even after completion of their constructive sentences. Similarly, several offenders have returned to volunteer as jurors or attorneys after completing their sentences.