Utah’s Children’s Justice Centers provide a child-friendly atmosphere designed to help children feel safe and comfortable while they are being interviewed regarding alleged abuse. Audio and video equipment are used to preserve the interview for evidence and eliminate the need for multiple interviews.
Our Mission
- To provide a comfortable, child-friendly atmosphere for the alleged victims of child abuse to receive coordinated services during the investigative process…
- To ensure that each child who enters the CJC for an interview will be treated with respect and care, with no regard to their ethnicity, religion, gender, or disability.
- To decrease the secondary trauma that can inadvertently be caused by the criminal justice and child protection systems.
- To encourage the prompt and efficient processing of cases by sharing of information and improving coordination.
- To minimize the number of times a child may be interviewed through coordinated efforts.
- To focus on what is in the child's best interest by providing every opportunity for service, protection, and prosecution where appropriate.
- To track children’s cases as needed for the benefit of the children.
- To ensure that every child who is alleged to have been abused receives a medical examination when necessary.