OJJDP News @ a Glance - March/April 2007

` OJJDP News @ a Glance - March/April 2007

OJJDP and Office of the Surgeon General Convene Experts on Health Care in the Juvenile Justice System
On March 9, 2007, OJJDP and the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, held a national invitational workshop on health care in the juvenile justice system. more

ExpectMore.gov Reports on Juvenile Justice Program Performance
Juvenile Justice Conference Explores "Different Roles, Common Goals"
Upcoming National Trainings Focus on Graduated Sanctions and Youth Court
Programs
NGA Meeting Features Efforts To Combat Computer-Facilitated Child
Exploitation

New Publications

New Online: Truancy Reduction Program Tool Kit

News From the Coordinating Council

Special Report: New Orleans Juvenile Justice and Education Systems

in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

A study of alcohol, drug, and mental disorders among youth at the Cook County (Illinois) Juvenile Temporary Detention Center found that nearly two-thirds of males and three-quarters of females met diagnostic criteria for one or more psychiatric disorders. Read more about the study's findings in OJJDP's Bulletin Psychiatric Disorders of Youth in Detention.

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