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OJJDP Juvenile Justice Model Data Project

Goals and Objectives

OJJDP is working with the National Center for Juvenile Justice(link is external) and its parent organization the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges(link is external), with other critical partners-the International Association of Chiefs of Police(link is external), the American Probation and Parole Association(link is external), the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators(link is external), the Performance-based Standards Learning Institute(link is external), and research staff from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice(link is external) on this initiative. The Juvenile Justice Model Data Project is building a foundation for effective data and measurement practices in juvenile justice by: (1) developing model data elements with recommended definitions and coding categories that administrative data systems and other juvenile justice-related data collection efforts can adopt, (2) developing model measures and analyses with broad and practical application for state, local, and tribal efforts to monitor trends and assess the efficiency and effectiveness of their systems, and (3) developing a comprehensive strategy to disseminate and promote usage of the model data elements and measures.

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Date Created: March 20, 2020