Child (under 12)

In a new blog post commemorating National Police Week, Acting Assistant Attorney General Alan R. Hanson discusses how the Office of Justice Programs' agencies, including OJJDP, support law enforcement through tools, technology, and programs. Hanson highlights OJJDP's Police-Youth Engagement initiative, a partnership with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) to support interactions between police...

On May 24, 2017, the Department of Justice issued the following press release: WASHINGTON - Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein today recognized two law enforcement officers, two state-level task forces, and a private citizen for their efforts to recover missing and abducted children and investigate cases of sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.

The awards, coordinated by the Office of Juvenile...

Today at 2 p.m., OJJDP will livestream the U.S. Department of Justice's National Missing Children's Day ceremony honoring the heroic and exemplary efforts of agencies, organizations, and individuals to protect children. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will present awards to two law enforcement officers, two Internet Crimes Against Children task forces, and a private citizen for their efforts to recover missing and abducted children and...

Yesterday, the OJJDP-funded toolkit, developed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Yale Child Study Center, was released in conjunction with Police Week. The "Enhancing Police Responses to Children Exposed to Violence" toolkit is designed to equip law enforcement professionals with trauma-informed, developmentally-appropriate tools to identify and minimize threats to child safety, foster closer engagement between law...

In a new blog post on the Office of Justice Programs website, OJJDP Acting Administrator Eileen M. Garry discusses the Changing Minds national public awareness campaign. The Department of Justice launched Changing Minds in partnership with Futures Without Violence to raise awareness about the prevalence and impact of children's exposure to violence and trauma. The blog describes how Changing Minds is working to identify...

By: Eileen M. Garry, Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

We all hear stories about inner city violence, the abuse and victimization suffered by youth in rural areas, and children who have been bullied in school or online. Few of us, however, are fully aware of the prevalence of this violence and the lasting impact it has on our children. While crime...

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, in partnership with OJJDP and Rights4Girls, will host the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Child Sex Trafficking on June 5-7, 2017, in San Diego, CA. This interactive training will provide judges and judicial officers with tools to better work with youth who are victims or are at risk of becoming victims of child sex trafficking...

The Fox Valley Technical College AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program will host the AMBER Alert in Indian Country: Child Protection Symposium on June 1-2, 2017, in Bismarck, ND. This event will address child protection issues in Indian Country, including child exploitation, human trafficking, and endangered and abducted children. Participants will learn how to identify AMBER Alert best practices for their community, gather resources to...

Courtesy of Robert L. Listenbee, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

In proclaiming National Youth Justice Awareness Month last month, President Obama emphasized the importance of reforming our juvenile justice system to address the needs of youth who come into contact with it. Youth arrests have dropped significantly over the past decade, yet there were about one million youth arrests in 2014 alone...