Model Programs Guide: Youth in the Adult Criminal Justice System
Date Published
March 2024
Publication Type
Literature Review
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Juvenile justice research
Literature Review: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Juvenile Justice Processing
Data have shown that youths of color are more likely than white youths to be arrested and subsequently go deeper into the juvenile justice system (e.g., Puzzanchera, 2021; Puzzanchera and Hockenberry, 2013; Sickmund et al., 2021; Sickmund, Sladky, and Kang, 2021). Researchers have examined the contributing factors to these racial and ethnic disparities for decades, often testing hypotheses and theoretical frameworks related to differential offending...
Journal Article on OJJDP Study of Psychiatric Disorders Among Youth After Detention
JAMA Pediatrics recently released an article that discusses the prevalence, continuity, and comorbidity of psychiatric disorders among youth over a 15-year period following their release from a youth detention facility. The article is based on findings from the OJJDP-funded Northwestern Juvenile Project, the first large-scale longitudinal study of delinquent youth's mental health outcomes after detention.
The researchers found that 64 percent of males and 35...
Funding Opportunity: Research on Juvenile Justice Topics
Learn about the Research on Juvenile Justice Topics solicitation.
Call Issued for Proposals for COIP Youth Participatory Research
The Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs, with support from OJJDP, have issued a call for research proposals to advance research on issues affecting children and youth who have or have had an incarcerated parent (COIP). The proposed research should engage youth as full partners in conducting the research and disseminating the results. Proposals must be emailed to Juliette-Marie deSousa at [email protected] by 5...
OJJDP Journal of Juvenile Justice, Volume 6, Issue 1, Spring 2017
Date Published
August 2017
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
OJJDP Journal of Juvenile Justice, Volume 4, Issue 1, Winter 2015
Date Published
March 2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Issue Overview
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
National Gang Center Newsletter, Fall 2015
Date Published
December 2015
Publication Type
Technical Assistance,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report
Date Published
July 2020
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
OJJDP
Studying Drivers of Risk and Needs Assessment Instrument Implementation in Juvenile Justice
Date Published
December 2018
Publication Type
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP
Research & Statistics
Overview
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) supports high-quality, rigorous research, evaluations, and statistical analyses across a range of juvenile justice topic areas. These activities are central to OJJDP's mission to prevent and respond to youth delinquency and victimization.
OJJDP’s research provides information about the risk and protective factors that contribute to or deter youth’s involvement in juvenile justice systems. It also helps...
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: 2018 Annual Report
Date Published
June 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
OJJDP
Multi-Method Study on Risk Assessment Implementation and Youth Outcomes in the Juvenile Justice System
Date Published
April 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: 2017 Annual Report
Date Published
May 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
OJJDP
OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2019
Date Published
February 2019
Series
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Program/Project Description,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
OJJDP
A Longitudinal Investigation of Trauma Exposure, Retraumatization, and Post-Traumatic Stress of Justice-Involved Adolescents
Date Published
March 2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
OJJDP News @ a Glance, November/December 2017
Date Published
December 2017
Series
Publication Type
Youth-Oriented Material,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Annual/Periodic),
Publication,
Program/Project Description,
Newsletter,
News and Announcement,
Issue Overview,
Grants and Funding
Agencies
OJJDP
Bridging Research and Practice for Juvenile Justice: Systematizing the Approach
Date Published
December 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Understanding Research and Practice Gaps in Juvenile Justice: Early Insights From the Bridge Project
Date Published
December 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
National Gang Center Newsletter, Spring 2015
Date Published
April 2015
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice: 2015 Recommendations to the President, Congress, and OJJDP Administrator
Date Published
October 2015
Publication Type
Youth-Oriented Material,
Legislative Hearing/Committee Report,
Legislation/Policy Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program
2013-MU-FX-0005
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$800,000
Engaging Law Enforcement through Training and Technical Assistance to Reduce Juvenile Crime, Victimization and Delinquency
2010-MU-FX-K591
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$50,000
Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice: 2013 Recommendations to the President, Congress, and OJJDP Administrator
Date Published
July 2014
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored