AB130,173,24 (b) To hold each juvenile offender directly accountable for his or her acts.

AB130,174,4 (c) To provide an individualized assessment of each alleged and adjudicated delinquent juvenile, in order to prevent further delinquent behavior through the development of competency in the juvenile offender, so that he or she is more capable of living productively and responsibly in the community.

AB130,174,7 (d) To provide due process through which each juvenile offender and all other interested parties are assured fair hearings, during which constitutional and other legal rights are recognized and enforced.

AB130,174,9 (e) To divert juveniles from the juvenile justice system through early intervention as warranted, when consistent with the protection of the public.

AB130,174,12 (f) To respond to a juvenile offender's needs for care and treatment, consistent with the prevention of delinquency, each juvenile's best interest and protection of the public, by allowing the judge to utilize the most effective dispositional option.

AB130,174,17 (g) To ensure that victims and witnesses of acts committed by juveniles that result in proceedings under this chapter are, consistent with the provisions of this chapter and the Wisconsin constitution, afforded the same rights as victims and witnesses of crimes committed by adults, and are treated with dignity, respect, courtesy and sensitivity throughout such proceedings.

AB130,174,18 938.02 Definitions. In this chapter:

AB130,174,21 (1) "Adult" means a person who is 17 years of age or older, except that "adult" does not include a person 17 years of age who comes within the jurisdiction of the court under s. 938.13 (4), (6), (6m) or (7).

AB130,174,22 (1m) "Alcoholism" has the meaning given in s. 51.01 (1m).

AB130,175,2 (1p) "Alcohol or other drug abuse impairment" means a condition of a person which is exhibited by characteristics of habitual lack of self-control in the use of alcohol beverages or controlled substances to the extent that the person's health is substantially affected or endangered or the person's social or economic functioning is substantially disrupted.

AB130,175,3 (1s) "Approved treatment facility" has the meaning given in s. 51.01 (2).

AB130,175,6 (2c) "Child caring institution" means a facility operated by a child welfare agency licensed under s. 48.60 for the care and maintenance of persons residing in that facility.

AB130,175,7 (2d) "Controlled substance" has the meaning given in s. 161.01 (4).

AB130,175,9 (2g) "County department" means a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23, unless the context requires otherwise.

AB130,175,12 (2m) "Court", when used without further qualification, means the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 or, when used with reference to a juvenile who is subject to s. 938.183 (2), a court of criminal jurisdiction.

AB130,175,14 (3) "Court intake worker" means any person designated to provide intake services under s. 938.067.

AB130,175,18 (3m) "Delinquent" means a juvenile who is 10 years of age or older who has violated any state or federal criminal law, except as provided in ss. 938.17, 938.18 and 938.183, or who has committed a contempt of court, as defined in s. 785.01 (1), as specified in s. 938.355 (6g).

AB130,175,19 (4) "Department" means the department of health and social services.

AB130,175,21 (5) "Developmentally disabled" means having a developmental disability, as defined in s. 51.01 (5).

AB130,175,22 (5g) "Drug dependent" has the meaning given in s. 51.01 (8).

AB130,175,25 (6) "Foster home" means any facility that is operated by a person required to be licensed by s. 48.62 (1) (a) and that provides care and maintenance for no more than 4 children unless all of the children are siblings.

AB130,176,3 (7) "Group home" means any facility operated by a person required to be licensed by the department under s. 48.625 for the care and maintenance of 5 to 8 children.

AB130,176,5 (8) "Guardian" means the person named by the court having the duty and authority of guardianship.

AB130,176,6 (9s) "Integrated service plan" has the meaning given in s. 46.56 (1) (g).

AB130,176,10 (10) "Judge", if used without further qualification, means the judge of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 or, if used with reference to a juvenile who is subject to s. 938.183 (2), the judge of the court of criminal jurisdiction.

AB130,176,13 (10m) "Juvenile" means a person who is less than 17 years of age, except that "juvenile" includes a person 17 years of age who comes within the jurisdiction of the court under s. 938.125 or 938.13 (4), (6), (6m) or (7).

AB130,176,16 (11) "Legal custodian" means a person, other than a parent or guardian, or an agency to whom legal custody of the juvenile has been transferred by a court, but does not include a person who has only physical custody of the juvenile.

AB130,176,22 (12) "Legal custody" means a legal status created by the order of a court, which confers the right and duty to protect, train and discipline the juvenile, and to provide food, shelter, legal services, education and ordinary medical and dental care, subject to the rights, duties and responsibilities of the guardian of the juvenile and subject to any residual parental rights and responsibilities and the provisions of any court order.

AB130,177,3 (13) "Parent" means either a biological parent, a husband who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40, or a parent by adoption. If the juvenile is a nonmarital child who is not adopted or whose parents do not subsequently intermarry under s. 767.60, "parent" includes a person adjudged in a judicial proceeding to be the biological father. "Parent" does not include any person whose parental rights have been terminated.