The Denton County Juvenile Probation Department contracts with area counseling agencies to provide individual, family, and group counseling to referred juveniles and their families.
Juvenile cases are civil rather than criminal in nature, and regulated by the Texas Family Code as opposed to the Texas Penal Code which governs adult criminal violations.
The rules of probation or deferred prosecution in general require school attendance, good conduct, good citizenship, curfews and participation in specified programs, including community service and financial restitution.
The Denton County Juvenile Probation Department's Restitution Programs promote the restorative juvenile justice concept of rehabilitation of juvenile offenders by holding juveniles accountable for their behavior through a meaningful offender responsibility program that increases awareness of personal accountability for delinquent behavior.