` OJJDP News @ a Glance - November/December 2007
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OJJDP Administrator Flores Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee
On December 5, 2007, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Administrator J. Robert Flores testified before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDP Act). more

Special Features

First Lady and OJJDP Administrator Flores Speak at Dallas HAY Conference
OJJDP Research Contributes to American Society of Criminology Annual
    Meeting
National Conference on Safe Schools and Communities Held in DC
Conference Launches the National Association of Youth Courts
Conference, Research Tools Address Disproportionate Minority Contact
OJJDP Recaps FY 2007 Awards

Other News

New Publications

Juvenile Court Statistics 2003–2004
Recent Updates to the Statistical Briefing Book
New Look for OJJDP Web Site
News From the Coordinating Council
News From the Advisory Committee

Did You Know?

Over the period from 1980 through 2004, the black-to-white disparity in juvenile arrest rates for violent crimes declined. In 1980, the black juvenile Violent Crime Index arrest rate was 6.3 times the white rate; in 2004, the rate disparity had declined to 4.1. This reduction in arrest rate disparities between 1980 and 2004 was primarily the result of the decline in the disparity for robbery (from 11.5 in 1980 to 8.4 in 2004), because the disparity for aggravated assault changed little (3.2 versus 3.1).

From Juvenile Arrests 2004.

For more information on disproportionate minority contact, see the article "Conference, Resource Tools Address Disproportionate Minority Contact" in this issue, or visit OJJDP's Disproportionate Minority Contact Web site.

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