Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Foreword

An Introduction to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Chapter 1: An Overview of Major Accomplishments

A Cycle of Activities
Building on Lessons Learned
Collaboration
Dissemination
Priority Program Areas
Program Solicitations and Peer Reviews
Conclusion

Chapter 2: Preventing and Intervening in Delinquency

Causes and Correlates of Delinquency
Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Drug-Free Communities Support Program
Juvenile Mentoring Program
National Youth Network
Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative
Study of Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children
Truancy Reduction Activities
Very Young Offenders Study Group

Chapter 3: Strengthening the Juvenile Justice System

Balanced and Restorative Justice
Community Assessment Centers
Formula Grants Program
Interstate Compact on Juveniles
Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program
National Juvenile Corrections and Detention Forum
National Training and Technical Assistance Center
Performance-based Standards Project
Planning of New Institutions for Juveniles
Private Sector Options for Juvenile Corrections
State Challenge Activities
Youth Court Activities
On the Horizon

Chapter 4: Enhancing Public Safety and Law Enforcement

Child Development-Community Policing
Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program
Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Program
Partnerships To Reduce Juvenile Gun Violence
School Resource Officers
Transfer of the Responsibility for Child Protective Investigations to
   Law Enforcement Agencies

Chapter 5: Comprehensive Community-Based Initiatives

Community Prevention Grants Program
Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders
SafeFutures

Chapter 6: Reducing the Victimization of Children

Children Exposed to Violence Initiative
Children�s Advocacy Centers
Court Appointed Special Advocate Program
Crimes against Children Research Center
Internet Crimes Initiatives
Internet Safety Survey
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
Parents Anonymous®
Safe Start Initiative
Training and Technical Assistance

Chapter 7: Gang Initiatives

Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention,
   and Suppression Program
Gang Prevention Through Targeted Outreach With Boys & Girls Clubs
National Youth Gang Center
Publications
Research Activities
Rural Gang Initiative
On the Horizon

Chapter 8: Gender Initiative

Collaborative Effort for Court-Involved Girls
Conduct Disorder in Girls
Field-Initiated Gender Research
Gender Issue of OJJDP�s Journal
Interagency Working Group on Gender Issues
Training and Technical Assistance
On the Horizon

Chapter 9: Tribal Youth Initiatives

Tribal Youth Program
Training and Technical Assistance
Research and Evaluation
Tribal Youth Mental Health Initiative
Comprehensive Indian Resources for Community and Law Enforcement
   (CIRCLE) Project
On the Horizon

Chapter 10: Mental Health Initiatives

Assessing Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Disorders Among Juvenile Detainees
Intergenerational Transmission of Antisocial Behavior
Mental Health Issue of OJJDP�s Journal
Multisite, Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With Attention
   Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Pathways to Desistance: A Prospective Study of Serious Adolescent Offenders
On the Horizon

Chapter 11: Juveniles Taken Into Custody

Juvenile Arrests in 1999
Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement
Juvenile Residential Facility Census
Deaths in Custody
Upcoming Surveys

Chapter 12: Getting the Word Out

Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
National Report CD�ROM
OJJDP National Conference
OJJDP Web Sites
Publications

OJJDP�s Journal
Juvenile Transfers to Adult Courts
National Report Bulletins

Satellite Videoconferencing

Appendix: OJJDP Publications Produced in FY 2000

Publications From OJJDP