Juvenile (under 18)
OJJDP FY 18 Redesign Study of OJJDP's Juveniles in Corrections Data Collections
The purpose of this project is to develop, test, and improve survey and data collection instruments and methodologies for OJJDP's corrections data collections, the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP) and the Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC).
OJJDP FY 18 Improving Juvenile Reentry Programs Capacity for Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting
The program will provide funding to enhance state and local programs' data collection, analysis, and reporting efforts through technical support to implement recommendations from OJJDP's Initiative to Develop Juvenile Reentry Measurement Standards. OJJDP launched the Juvenile Reentry Measurement Standards project in FY 2015 to establish a model to assist jurisdictions in measuring services and outcomes in juvenile reentry. The standards aim to align measurement practices...
Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2014
Juveniles in Residential Placement, 2015
Juvenile Registration and Notification Policy Effects: A Multistate Evaluation Project
OJJDP Adds Data Analysis Tool to Statistical Briefing Book
OJJDP has released the Juvenile Residential Facility Census Databook, the latest addition to the Data Analysis Tools section of its Statistical Briefing Book. National and state data from 2000 to 2014 describing the characteristics of residential placement facilities that hold juvenile offenders are now available for analysis. This includes operation, classification, size, and crowding.
OJJDP's Juvenile Residential Facility Census and its companion...
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2017
Registration Open for Global Youth Justice Training Institute
On June 12-14, 2018, Global Youth Justice will host its 19th Global Youth Justice Training Institute in Cape Cod, MA. Participants will learn strategies to establish or enhance local volunteer-driven juvenile justice and youth justice diversion programs called Teen/Youth/Student/Peer Court or Peer Jury. Topics will include youth and adult volunteer training; quality community service placements, programmatic enhancements, and operational strategies; administrative tips; grant writing; identifying...
Webinar To Examine Education Issues Within the Juvenile Justice System
On Feb. 5, 2018, from 4—5 p.m. ET, the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators' Positive Youth Outcomes Committee will host the webinar Blueprint for Change: Education Success for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System. This webinar will focus on research and education issues within the juvenile justice system and will review the Blueprint for Change, an interactive online tool that includes 10 comprehensive goals...
OJJDP Updates Data on Statistical Briefing Book
OJJDP has updated its Statistical Briefing Book: Easy Access to NIBRS Victims has been updated to include data through 2015. FAQs describing the annual number of juvenile arrests and juvenile arrest rates found in the Law Enforcement and Juvenile Crime section have been updated to include data through 2016. FAQs describing juvenile arrest rates by offense and race in the Racial and Ethnic Fairness...
Crime Victims' Rights and Crime Victim Assistance
OJJDP News @ a Glance, November/December 2017
Tribal Juvenile Healing to Wellness Handbook: Practical Planning and Supportive Tools
Mentoring Best Practices Research: Effectiveness of Juvenile Mentoring for Youth on Parole and Probation in Ohio
Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice Launches Training Institute
The Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice has launched a new training institute to help state and local jurisdictions address topics in juvenile justice improvement, including dual status youth, advancing best practices in youth justice based on adolescent development science, probation system review and improvement, and multisystem data sharing. The Resource Center will send experts into local jurisdictions to provide research-based training...
Mentoring Best Practices Research: Effectiveness of Juvenile Mentoring Programs on Recidivism
OJJDP-funded Brief Examines How Juvenile Correctional Administrators Can Use Data
The National Center for Juvenile Justice, with support from OJJDP, has released "5 Ways State Juvenile Correctional Administrators Can Use Data." This brief provides examples of how juvenile correctional administrators can use aggregate data to ensure that their facilities embrace evidence-based practices and are aligned with their rehabilitative missions. It is the second in a series of briefs that the OJJDP-funded Juvenile Justice...
5 Ways Juvenile Court Judges Can Use Data
Tribal Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court Tip Sheet: Consequences and Rewards
The Tribal Ten Key Components and Tribal Youth Considerations
Registration Open for Global Youth Justice Training
On January 23-25, 2018, Global Youth Justice will host its 18th Global Youth Justice Training Institute in Las Vegas, NV. Participants will learn strategies to establish or enhance local volunteer-driven juvenile justice and youth justice diversion programs called Teen/Youth/Student/Peer Court or Peer Jury. Topics will include training youth and adult volunteers; providing quality community services, programs, and referrals; conducting mock family intake meetings; writing grants...