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Model Programs Guide Literature Review: Gun Violence and Youth/Young Adults

Date Published

March 2024

Series

OJJDP Model Programs Guide Literature Reviews

Publication Type

Literature Review

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

VIDEO: Administrator’s Message: Justice-Involved Youth Face Unexpected, Damaging Outcomes

August 2023

Series

News @ a Glance Videos

Administrator Liz Ryan underscores the heightened risk formerly detained youth face from gun violence and the need to provide comprehensive support to young people returning to their communities after they are released.

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How Mentoring Can Help and Heal Our Communities

Event Dates

June 22, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern

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Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Study Finds Increased Firearm Injury and Mortality Rates in Youth After Detention

On April 21, the JAMA Network posted research on firearm injury and mortality rates among juvenile justice-involved youth after detention.

NIJ Fact Sheet Addresses the Prevention of Mass Shootings in Schools

The National Institute of Justice has released "Five Facts About Mass Shootings in K–12 Schools," a fact sheet highlighting research on mass shootings in school settings.

OJJDP FY 2022 Youth Violence Prevention Program Solicitation Webinar

Event Dates

July 27, 2022, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Eastern

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Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Voices From the Field: Street Outreach: Safety in the Field

Date Published

2022

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Voices From the Field: Gang Violence: Improving Investigative Outcomes

Date Published

2022

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Voices From the Field: Street Outreach: Engaging Gang-Involved Youth

Date Published

2022

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

OJJDP Recognizes National Youth Violence Prevention Week

Join OJJDP in recognizing National Youth Violence Prevention Week April 25-29, 2022.

OJJDP Announces Upcoming Webinars

OJJDP announces upcoming webinars in April 2022.

Interrupting the Cycle of Violence: Insights from the Urban Institute’s Research-Based Practice Guidance to Reduce Youth Gun and Gang/Group Violence

Event Dates

April 28, 2022, 2:00 pm – May 11, 2022, 3:30 pm Eastern

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Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Implementing Youth Violence Reduction Strategies: Findings from a Synthesis of the Literature on Gun, Group, and Gang Violence

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

A Research-Based Practice Guide to Reduce Youth Gun and Gang/Group Violence

Date Published

January 2022

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

South Bronx Youth Opportunity Initiative

15PJDP-21-GK-03867-CBVP

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2021

$997,351

A Within-Individual Examination of the Predictors of Gun Carrying During Adolescence and Young Adulthood Among Young Men

Date Published

2021

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Youth Violence Intervention Initiative

DOJ Announces New Approach to Reduce Violent Crime

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland recently announced a new strategy to reduce violent crime.

Longitudinal Study of Firearm Violence in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

JAMA Pediatrics is providing free access to a new article discussing results from a National Institute of Justice-funded study. Researchers examined the association between firearm involvement by youth involved in the juvenile justice system and subsequent firearm violence in adulthood.

This study builds upon the OJJDP-funded Northwestern Juvenile Project, the first large-scale longitudinal study of delinquent youth's mental health outcomes after detention in Cook County...

National Gang Center

2020-MU-MU-K002

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$1,924,956

Sources of Firearm Acquisition Among a Sample of Inner-City Youths: Research Results and Policy Implications

Date Published

1996

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report

Date Published

July 2020

Series

OJJDP Annual Reports to Congress

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

OJJDP

Gangs and Guns Training Symposium

Event Dates

February 13, 2020 – February 14, 2020

Location

Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown

Vancouver, BC

Event Type

Seminar

Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume III, Number 2 (Youth Violence Issue)

Date Published

September 1997

Series

OJJDP Juvenile Justice Journal

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance)

Agencies

OJJDP

American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Conference

Event Dates

April 24, 2020, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Location

Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Event Type

Conference