Shay Bilchik, Administrator	November 1998

State Legislative Responses to Violent Crime: 1996-97 Update From the Administrator Introduction The Research Jurisdictional Authority Judicial Disposition/Sentencing Authority Corrections Programming Confidentiality of Juvenile Court Records and Proceedings Victims of Juvenile Crime References Related Readings For More Information Share With Your Colleagues Acknowledgements This Bulletin was prepared under cooperative agreement number 95-JN-FX-K003 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of OJJDP or the U.S. Department of Justice. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office for Victims of Crime. NCJ 172835