Found 44 matches.
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LGBTQI Youth in Juvenile Justice Settings: Closing the Gap between Recommended Practice and Reality
Tags: Federal | New York | Collateral Consequences | Crime Data and Statistics | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | LGBTQ Youth | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Prevention | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Evidence-Based Practices | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Court Decisions and Related Documents | Legislation | Presentations | Reports | Research | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
This presentation from NJJN Forum 2018 was developed by Currey Cook, Youth in Out-of-Home Care Project Director at Lambda Legal, and provides information on how LGBTQ youth are disproportionately represented in the justice system and legal protections granted to members of the LGBTQ community.
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Letter to urge continued funding of federal innocence forensic science programs Nov 9, 2017
Tags: Federal | Crime Data and Statistics | General System Reform | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Risk Assessment and Screening | Evidence-Based Practices | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Member Publications | Partner Publications
The letter to urge leaders of the Appropriations Committees to continue funding of federal innocence and forensic science programs at the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Department of Commerce in the final FY 2018 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. Innocence Project.
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BULLIES IN BLUE: THE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SCHOOL POLICING
Tags: Federal | Texas | Washington | Crime Data and Statistics | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Family and Youth Involvement | Gangs | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Reports | Research
This report explains the unfavorable result of school policing, especially in low-income Black and Latino communities with the evidence from some states. Police is often seen using force or violence against youth, such as arresting and handcuffing students, even for minor crimes or misbehaviors. In addition, more presence of police in school including their presence in a classroom has increased fear among them. All these facts help support why schooling policing should be reconsidered.
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Updated Statement on HR 3697 9.22.17 (Criminal Alien Gang Removal Act)
Tags: Federal | Crime Data and Statistics | Gangs | Immigration | International and Human Rights | Legislation | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Urges Senate Judiciary Committee Chm. Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein to oppose the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, H.R. 3697. National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition (NJJDPC).
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Unsealed Fate: The Unintended Consequences of Inadequate Safeguarding of Juvenile Records in Maine
Tags: Maine | Aftercare/Reentry | Collateral Consequences | Crime Data and Statistics | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Status Offenses | Evidence-Based Practices | Research | Partner Publications
Research into the impact of juvenile records show authors conducted focus groups, interviews and surveys of youth and adults with juvenile records, family members, juvenile justice practitioners, and key stakeholders and found that individuals with juvenile records face barriers in applying for jobs and professional licenses, enrolling in the military, accessing housing and securing other financial supports.
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Charging Youth As Adults Is Ineffective, Bias-Fraught & Harmful
Tags: California | Brain and Adolescent Development | Collateral Consequences | Crime Data and Statistics | Detention | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Risk Assessment and Screening | Youth in the Adult System | Victims | Evidence-Based Practices | Legislation | Reports | Research
Prop. 57 passed this past November, one section took away from prosecutors the power to cause a young person to be tried as an adult out, and gave the power back to judges. The report includes disproportionality of race and geography in adult sentencing.
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Making Numbers Count: Mapping Data
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | General System Reform | Public Opinion and Messaging | Presentations | NJJN Publications
A brief overview of why using numbers persuasively is difficult, the advantages of using maps to convey some kinds of data, examples, mistakes to avoid, and some tips for creating your own data map.
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California Alliance for Youth and Community Justice---Three Years of Legislative Victories: 2014 - 2016
Tags: California | Collateral Consequences | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Confidentiality | Crime Data and Statistics | Detention | General System Reform | Girls | Institutional Conditions | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Member Publications
Capsule summary of youth justice reform legislation NJJN member CAYCJ worked to pass 2014-2016.
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Total Youth Arrests for Violent Crime Still Falling Nationwide
Tags: Federal | National | Crime Data and Statistics | Research | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Estimates based on data released by the FBI in September 2016 show that youth arrests for violent crime are falling, continuing the 20-year decline. Research and data follow the trends of youth violent crime include murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
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Juvenile Offenders and Victimes: 2014 National Report
Tags: National | Crime Data and Statistics | Victims | Reports
Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2014 National Report is the fourth edition of a comprehensive report on juvenile crime, victimization, and the juvenile justice system. The report consists of the most requested information on juveniles and the juvenile justice system in the U.S. Developed by the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the report draws on reliable data and relevant research to provide a comprehensive and insightful view of young offenders and victims, and what happens to those who enter the juvenile justice system in the United States.
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Pinellas Country Schools Report Card
Tags: Florida | Crime Data and Statistics | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Fact Sheets and Briefs
A fact sheet laying out Florida schools and the disparities black students face regarding school discipline, equality, academic outcomes, and school arrests. As well as possible remedies and recommendations by the Florida Association of school Psychologists.
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DataBits: Violent Youth Arrests Continue to Fall Nationwide
Tags: National | Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice released this one-pager summarizing data that indicates the number of youth arrests for violent offenses continues to fall across the U.S.
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The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences
Tags: National | Crime Data and Statistics | Deinstitutionalization | General System Reform | Reports | Research
This study encompasses research on, and analyses of, the proximate causes of the dramatic rise in the prison population, the societal dynamics that supported those proximate causes, and the effects of this increase on U.S. society.
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Criminal Career Patterns
Tags: National | Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
This publication from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention discusses the criminal careers of offenders, specifically the links between offending patterns in adolescence and in adulthood.
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Explanations for Offending
Tags: National | Crime Data and Statistics | Research
This publication from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention describes five broad theoretical perspectives that explain these patterns of offending: (1) static theories, (2) dynamic or life-course developmental models, (3) social psychological theories, (4) the developmental psychopathological perspective, and (5) the biopsychosocial perspective.
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Juvenile Arrests 2011
Tags: Federal | National | Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) compiled this bulletin drawing together data on youth arrests for the year of 2011.
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Maine Crime & Justice Data Book
Tags: Maine | Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
The 2014 Maine Crime and Justice Data Book presents a portrait of crime and justice indicators in the state, using the most recent public safety, corrections, and court data available for Maine.
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DC, Fiscal Year 2014 Support Act of 2013, B20-0199, 2013
Tags: District of Columbia | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Crime Data and Statistics | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Legislation
Outlines the fiscal year 2014 DC budget including a section on a working group dedicated to alternatives to juvenile arrests and secured detention.
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Violent Youth Crime in US Falls to New 32-Year Low
Tags: National | Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
This report from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice finds that violent youth crime in the U.S. has fallen to its lowest point in 32 years.
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Juveniles in Residential Placement, 2010
Tags: National | Crime Data and Statistics | Research
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) releases its report analyzing data on youth in residential confinement from 1997-2010. OJJDP organizes and analyzes this data based on factors such as overall population, state, gender, race.
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Throwing children in prison turns out to be a really bad idea
Tags: National | Crime Data and Statistics | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Media
The Washington Post ran this blog article in June, 2013, following research that showed that youth incarceration lowers graduation rates and increases the likelihood that the affected youth will recommit as adults.
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Girls in the Maine Criminal Justice System Bulletin
Tags: Maine | Crime Data and Statistics | Girls | Reports
The purpose of this brief is to understand the experiences of girls who become involved in Maines juvenile justice system. The data used for this report include four cohorts of girls who have had contact with the system between 2006 and 2011.
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Maine Juvenile Recidivism Report
Tags: Maine | Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
This report summarizes the data for four groups of youth involved with the Department of Juvenile Services between the years of 2006 and 2011.
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John Jay Research and Evaluation: School Crime Has Declined Sharply Since the 1990s
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
In this report, new data shows that school crime has been steadily falling since the 1990s.
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Maine Juvenile Justice Data Book
Tags: Maine | Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
The 2012 Maine Juvenile Justice Data Book presents a portrait of youth involvement with the Maine juvenile justice system.
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Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, 2008
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Based on the 2008 Juvenile Court Statistics Report, this OJJDP factsheet follows the path of judicial waivers which tend to be based largely on the type of offense comitted and the gender of the youth.
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OJJDP Factsheet, Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2008
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Based on the 2008 Juvenile Court Statistics Report, this OJJDP factsheet points out the trends in the Juvenile Court caseload, considering gender, age, race and the flow in delinquency cases.
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Person Offense Cases in Juvenile Court, 2008
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Based on the 2008 Juvenile Court Statistics, this OJJDP factsheet discusses the increase in person offenses within the juvenile justice system, with simple assault and aggravated assault leading the numbers.
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Juvenile Court Statistics (NCCJ/OJJDP)
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Prepared by the National Center for Juvenile Justice using the National Juvenile Court Data Archive, this report presents 1.6 million delinquency cases and trends in delinquency cases processed by juvenile courts between 1985 and 2008.
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Bringing Youth Home: A National Movement to Increase Public Safety, Rehabilitate Youth and Save Money, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Alabama | California | District of Columbia | Florida | Kansas | New York | Ohio | Texas | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Crime Data and Statistics | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports | NJJN Publications
Report highlighting positive news stemming from and of interest to budget conscious and public safety-minded states. The publication includes examples of states that reduced their juvenile facility populations and are now not only reaping the rewards of newfound funds that can be directed into more effective community-based services for youth, but are also seeing a better return on their investment in terms of juvenile rehabilitation and public safety.
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Maryland Commits to Gathering Data on Outcomes of Juvenile Justice Services, Maryland, S.B. 200
Tags: Maryland | Crime Data and Statistics | Legislation
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) to report to the General Assembly on January 1 of each year on the recidivism rates of children committed to DJS for placement in any type of residential care. Prior to the bill's passage, DJS did not report data by program; SB 200 will now require breakdowns by each program and placement.
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Snapshot of Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System, Truth of Youth Toolkit
Tags: Arkansas | Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Fact sheet including national and Arkansas-specific data on youth in the justice system.
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The Maine Juvenile Justice Task Force: An Integrated Approach to Transforming Maine's Juvenile Justice System
Tags: Maine | Crime Data and Statistics | General System Reform | Reports
The Task Force Report presents the services and treatment provided to juveniles currently in Maine, the national trends and model programs that signify improvement in those areas, and suggestions for Maine to ameliorate its own situation in locally-controlled and cost-effective ways.
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Juvenile Court Statistics 2006-07, National Center for Juvenile Justice
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Drawing on data from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive, this report profiles the nearly 1.7 million delinquency cases handled each year by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction in 2006 and 2007. The report also describes trends in delinquency cases processed by juvenile courts between 1985 and 2007 and status offense cases handled between 1995 and 2007.
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Juvenile Justice Excerpt from 2009 Kentucky KIDS COUNT, Kentucky Youth Advocates
Tags: Kentucky | Crime Data and Statistics | General System Reform | Reports | Member Publications
Excerpt from the Annie E. Casey Foundations annual Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Book with statistics of youth charged with offenses, youth in the juvenile justice system, and youth under Department of Juvenile Justice supervision in Kentucky.
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Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Bulletin
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Sex Offender Registries | Reports
Bulletin drawing on data from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System to provide population-based epidemiological information on juvenile sex offending. The findings reported and their implications should help inform the policy and practice of those committed to addressing the sexual victimization of youth and strengthening its prevention and deterrence -- considerations that are critical to success.
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Is There a New Juvenile Crime Wave on the Horizon?: Overview of Recent Reports and Responses, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports | NJJN Publications
Report drawing on data from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive to profile more than 1.6 million delinquency cases handled in 2005 by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction. The report also tracks trends in delinquency cases between 1985 and 2005 and status offense cases processed between 1995 and 2005.
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OJJDP Juvenile Court Statistics 2005, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Report drawing on data from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive to profile more than 1.6 million delinquency cases handled in 2005 by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction. The report also tracks trends in delinquency cases between 1985 and 2005 and status offense cases processed between 1995 and 2005.
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2007 Juvenile Arrests Report, OJJDP
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Report detailing arrest and crime statistics by offense, gender and race.
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Getting the Facts Straight: NCCD Questions "The Impending Crime Wave" Report by Third Way, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Critical analysis of the Third Way “Impending Crime Wave” report. NCCD’s paper provides evidence from published studies and national data that counters Third Way’s assumptions, and highlights the inaccuracies of the Third Way’s reasoning.
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Arresting Children: Trends in Preteen Crime, Jeffrey A. Butts and Howard N. Snyder, Chapin Hall Center for Children
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Report combating a common public belief that today's juvenile offenders are younger than those of 20-25 years ago. The report notes that arrest rates for preteens remain far lower than for older juveniles. It also emphasizes the many differences between crimes committed by preteens and those of older youth. Lastly, the report offers some hypotheses as to why many juvenile justice professionals assert that youth involved in crimes are getting younger and younger, including the effects of news media reporting.
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What Wave?: The Evidence for a Recent National Rise in Crime is Murky - and Implementing Get-Tough Remedies to Address the Alleged Wave Would Be Misguided, Marc Mauer, American Prospect
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Article discussing the “murky evidence” of an impending increase in youth crime and concluding that taking punitive policy steps to curb this potential increase would be ill-advised.
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Too Soon to Tell: Deciphering Recent Trends in Youth Violence, Issue Brief, Jeffrey A. Butts and Howard N. Snyder, Chapin Hall Center for Children
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
Issue brief discussing concerns over the prediction of an increase in youth crime and concluding that those predictions are too premature.
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Widely Predicted Teen Crime Wave Never Happened, Mercury News
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Media
Article detailing how the predicted youth crime rate never came to fruition based on a variety of factors. Overall conclusion is that youth crime has seen its “sharpest decline in modern history.”