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Juvenile (under 18)

OJJDP Facts in Focus: Reentry Starts Here

February 2019

In this video, Dr. Sanzanna Dean, OJJDP Deputy Associate Administrator, discusses the OJJDP's toolkit Reentry Starts Here: A Guide for Youth in Long-Term Juvenile Corrections and Treatment Programs. Every year, tens of thousands of youth return to their communities from residential placement, too often with no reentry plan. The resources provided in this guide speak to common barriers that youth may experience upon reentry. The guide includes specific actions youth can take to address those barriers with the help of a caring adult. 

Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines

View map of JDTC Guidelines

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines.

Juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTC) are designed for youth with substance use disorders who come into contact with the juvenile justice system. The new guidelines provide juvenile courts with an evidence-based, treatment-oriented approach that emphasizes family engagement, and addresses the substance use and often co-occurring mental health...

OJJDP/NIJ Bulletin Summarizes Juvenile Arrests

 

OJJDP and the National Institute of Justice have released "Juvenile Arrests, 2017." This bulletin documents recent trends in juvenile arrests using data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. Overall, juvenile arrests have declined for more than a decade, but patterns vary by demographic group and offense. Findings show that in 2017, law enforcement agencies arrested more than 809,700 persons younger than 18...

Visiting Our Partners at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

 

By Caren Harp, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Photo of representatives from OJP and NCMEC
Representatives from OJP and NCMEC.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a critical partner to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), serving as a resource to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. Since its founding in 1984, NCMEC has helped recover more than 296,000 missing...

Registration Open for 2019 Global Youth Justice Conference

On December 3-5, 2019, Global Youth Justice will host its 2019 Global Youth Justice Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Participants will learn strategies to enhance and expand local volunteer-driven juvenile justice and youth justice diversion programs called Youth/Teen/Student/Peer Court or Peer Jury. Conference sessions, panels, and presentations will address administrative, operational, programmatic, funding, grant writing, and peer-to-peer learning related to expanding and enhancing these early...

Juvenile Court Statistics, 2017

Date Published
June 2019
Publication Type
Statistics, Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored