A client can be recorded as being on only ONE episode type at any point in time (ie they cannot have concurrent episode types). If a client is on 2 or more orders at a particular time in a jurisdiction, then the one considered the most serious should be recorded in the JJ NMDS (with ranking based on the following, with 1 being most serious and 12 being least serious): Ranking of JJ episode type for the purposes of the JJ NMDS: 1 35: Sentenced – detention 2 21: Pre sentence – court referred – remanded in juvenile justice facility 3 11: Pre court – police referred – held in juvenile justice facility 4 34: Sentenced – home detention 5 33: Sentenced – immediate release or suspended detention 6 36: Sentenced – parole or supervised release 7 32: Sentenced – other community based – supervision and other mandated requirements 8 31: Sentenced – community based – supervision without additional mandated requirements 9 37: Sentenced – other 10 22: Pre sentence – court referred – other (eg supervised bail) 11 12: Pre court – police referred – other 12 41: Other Example 1 A client is on remand and sentenced detention at the same time. The most serious of these using the above ranking is the sentenced detention. Thus, in the NMDS the client would be recorded as having an episode with a episode type of 35 'sentenced detention'. Example 2 A client is on a probation order for 9 months. He or she then receives a 3 month detention sentence for a new offence, on top of and in the middle of the probation order. The JJ client served the sentences with no breaches. This should be recorded as 3 episodes in the JJ NMDS. Episode 1: The start date for the first episode would be when the client began being supervised by the JJ department on the probation order. It would have a episode type of 31: ‘community based – supervision without additional mandated requirements’. The end date would be when the period of sentenced detention began (as this order results in a more seriously ranked episode type). The episode end reason would be recorded as 6: ‘more serious order begun’. Episode 2: The start date for the second episode would be the same as the end date for the first episode (i.e. when the JJ client began their period of sentenced detention). It would have a episode type of 35: ‘detention’ . The end date would be when the period of sentenced detention ended (as this order results in a more seriously ranked episode type). The episode end reason would be recorded as 7: ‘conditions of sentence met'. Episode 3: The startdate for the third episode would be when the client was released from detention and was once again supervised by the JJ department on a probation order. It would have a episode type of 31: ‘community based – supervision without additional mandated requirements’. The end date would be when the period of probation ended. The epsiode end reason would be recorded as 7: ‘conditions of sentence met’. |