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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of OJJDP News @ a Glance, May/June 2017. In this issue's Message From the Acting Administrator, Eileen M. Garry discusses the Office's commitment to safeguarding children from violence and victimization, reuniting missing children with their families, helping law enforcement identify and respond to children exposed to trauma, and how everyone can...
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) will host its 80th Annual Conference on July 16-19, 2017, in Washington, DC. This conference will feature cutting-edge topics related to the juvenile and family court systems. OJJDP will present five sessions at the conference:
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...
In 2009, the National Commission on Children and Disasters recommended that OJJDP assess the emergency preparedness among state, county, and local juvenile justice systems. OJJDP's assessment found that juvenile justice emergency preparedness plans predominately focused on basic continuity of operations rather than comprehensive emergency planning, response, and recovery. The specific needs of children, youth, and families involved in the justice system during an emergency were...
The National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) has released Juvenile Court Statistics 2014. The report describes delinquency cases and petitioned status offense cases that courts with juvenile jurisdiction processed in 2014 and presents trends since 2005. Data include case counts and rates, detailed by juvenile demographics and offenses charged. In addition, national estimates of cases involving Hispanic youth are now available.
In 2014...
OJJDP has updated its Statistical Briefing Book (SBB):
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of OJJDP News @ a Glance, March/April 2017. In this issue's video message, OJJDP Acting Administrator Eileen M. Garry discusses the Office's commitment to strengthening its relationships with the states. The top story highlights OJJDP's observance of National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Office's prevention-related programs.
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