 Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program: 2005 Report to Congress
Since 1998, OJJDP has helped States and communities implement accountability-based reforms designed to reduce juvenile offending through the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) program. The JABG program supports innovative, effective programs that focus on both offenders and the juvenile justice system. This Report presents findings from the second round of performance measurement data (for the reporting period of April 1, 2004, through March 31, 2005) collected from the States and territories and analyzed by OJJDP. The Report also outlines the history of the JABG program, OJJDP's development of the JABG performance measurement system, and how JABG expenditures have affected State and local juvenile justice infrastructures and practices. The Report concludes with a section that highlights OJJDP's plans to enhance the program.
 Coming Soon: Girls Study Group Bulletin Series
According to data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from 1991 to 2000, arrests of girls increased more (or decreased less) than arrests of boys for most types of offenses. By 2004, girls accounted for 30 percent of all juvenile arrests. However, questions remain about whether these trends reflect an actual increase in girls' delinquency or changes in societal responses to girls' behavior.
To find answers to these questions, OJJDP convened the Girls Study Group to establish a theoretical and empirical foundation to guide the development, testing, and dissemination of strategies to reduce or prevent girls' involvement in delinquency and violence.
OJJDP is producing a Girls Study Group Bulletin series to present the Group's findings. The series will examine issues such as patterns of offending among adolescents and how they differ for girls and boys; risk and protective factors associated with delinquency, including gender differences; and the causes and correlates of girls' delinquency. The titles in this series will be announced in the publications section of this newsletter and on OJJDP's Web site as they are available.
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