Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

This is an archive of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP's) electronic newsletter OJJDP News @ a Glance. The information in this archived resource may be outdated and links may no longer function. Visit our website at https://www.ojjdp.gov for current information.

May | June 2013

Interview With OJJDP Administrator Robert L. Listenbee Robert L. Listenbee, a highly respected public defender and juvenile justice system reformer, was appointed to the position of OJJDP Administrator by President Barack Obama in February 2013 and was sworn in to the position on March 25, 2013. Before his appointment, Mr. Listenbee was chief of the Juvenile Unit of the Defender Association of Philadelphia for 16 years and a trial lawyer with the association for 27 years. Following are excerpts from an OJJDP News @ a Glance interview with Listenbee about his priorities for OJJDP and the juvenile justice field.	National Missing Children’s Day is commemorated each year on May 25. Many of OJJDP’s resource guides for families of missing and abducted children, including What About Me? Coping With the Abduction of a Brother or Sister, are available in Spanish as well as English. The guides contain firsthand accounts from former abduction victims and searching families and are intended to provide help and support to families in similar situations.
OJJDP Holds Tribal Grantee Meeting OJJDP-Supported Publication Outlines Best Practices for Family Drug Courts Upcoming Events U.S. Department of Justice Observes National Missing Children’s Day OJJDP Administrator Addresses Coalition for Juvenile Justice Conference
NEWS IN BRIEF Karol V. Mason Sworn In as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Juvenile Justice Reform Report Discussed at Public Briefing Office of Justice Programs Officials Participate in Conference on Children Exposed to Violence SAMHSA Launches Underage Drinking Prevention Campaign OJJDP Updates Statistical Briefing Book Court Diversion Video Available Online NCMEC Issues New Standards for Protecting Child Athletes from Sex Abuse OJJDP Releases Spring 2013 Issue of Journal of Juvenile Justice Campaign for Youth Justice Develops Family Engagement Workbook Global Youth Justice Launches 250 Youth Justice Web Sites Spring 2013 Issue of National Gang Center Newsletter Available Online DOJ Web Site Features Public Service Announcements by Tribal Youth NEW PUBLICATIONS Juveniles in Residential Placement, 2010 Nature and Risk of Victimization: Findings From the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement PTSD, Trauma, and Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Detained Youth Coming Soon— Children’s Exposure to Violence and the Intersection Between Delinquency and Victimization Disproportionate Minority Contact: A National Overview Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2010: Selected Findings