The purpose of a disposition hearing is to determine the most appropriate form of treatment or custody for juvenile offenders (Izzi, 2016). A disposition hearing will occur if the juvenile in question pleads guilty to the crime committed. Before this hearing the prosecutor, probation officer, offender, and their family will come together in order to decide what could be the best way to help the juvenile offender from committing any further crimes. When all this information is gathered from the probation officer, it is then written in the form of a disposition report. This report is then handed in to the judge for review. This report is to show the judge what actions would be best for the juvenile when sentencing. This report would contain a
