Justice and Legal Issues

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="07d085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>FASD Connections: </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>                           </B></FONT><B>  |  </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FASD Connections: "><B>Home</B></A><B>   |  </B><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission"><B>Mission</B></A><B>  |  </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><B>About Us</B></A><B>   |</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>| </B><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Critical Issues"><B>Critical Issues</B></A><B>  |  </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Feature Articles"><B>Feature Articles</B></A><B>  |  </B><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In Their Own Words"><B>In Their Own Words</B></A><B>  |  </B><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research Participation"><B>Research Participation</B></A><B>  |  </B><A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Birth Moms Page"><B>Birth Mom's Page</B></A><B>  |  </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><B>Events</B></A><B>  |  </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><B>Contact Us </B></A><B> |  </B><A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whats New"><B>What's New</B></A><B>  |</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="07ed2e83.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="2b262550.png" border=0 width="98" height="85" ALT="Starfish" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"Because it makes a </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>difference to this one."</B></I></div> <div>   Loren Eiseley</div> <bR> <div> <B>Did you Know? . . . </B></div> <div> Research has shown that between 23% to 60% of those with FASD come into conflict with the Law.</div> <div> (Streissguth et al. Understanding the Occurrence of Secondary Disabilities in Clients with FAS/FAE; and Fast et al. (1996)  Identifying fetal alcohol syndrome among youth in the criminal justice system).</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id84_m.htm#justice___legal_issues" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Justice and Legal Issues"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c80099ff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Justice & Legal Issues</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id84_m.htm#capacity__competence" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Justice and Legal Issues"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c80099ff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Capacity / Competence</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id84_m.htm#legal_sanctions" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Justice and Legal Issues"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c80099ff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Legal Sanctions</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id84_m.htm#useful_links_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Justice and Legal Issues"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c80099ff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">USEFUL LINKS</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="07f07073.jpg"> <div>  <A NAME="justice___legal__issues"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><B><U>Justice & Legal  Issues</U></B></div> <div> <B><U> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript">  </SCRIPT> <br> <BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF">