This Fact Sheet presents estimates of the number of cases transferred from juvenile court to criminal court through the judicial waiver mechanism between 1989 and 1998. These estimates are based on data from nearly 2,100…
This OJJDP Bulletin describes the extent and characteristics of juvenile arrests, based on 1999 statistics. It provides arrest rates for violent and property crimes, drug and weapons offenses, and violations of alcohol, curfew, and loitering…
This brief report highlights state variations in the application of Megan’s Law community notification provisions to adjudicated juveniles. Download Publication
This article, which appears in the Fall 2001 issue of Ohio Family Court Bulletin, offers a discussion of the features of a full-service family court and highlights various initiatives undertaken by four pilot initiatives in…
This brief report highlights state variations in provisions governing DNA registration of juveniles. Download Publication
This article, published in the Fall 2001 issue of Juvenile and Family Justice Today, comments on television court shows and their effect on our view of judges and justice. Download Publication
This report provides an update of the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants (JAIBG) Program in Pennsylvania. The JAIBG Program is a broad-scale effort, now in its third year, to promote juvenile accountability nationwide through incentive…
This report highlights state variations in age limits or other provisions for ending the required Megan’s Law registration of an adjudicated juvenile sex offender. Download Publication
This report highlights state variations in purpose clauses for their Megan’s Law statutes, which require convicted criminal sex offenders to register with the police, and permits the community to be notified of necessary and relevant…
The Pennsylvania Electronic Juvenile Justice Databook contains a wealth of county-level information on Pennsylvania youth. This issue of Pennsylvania Progress describes this powerful data dissemination tool, its origin and development, and its potential for local…
This report briefly summarizes current state provisions governing the application of Megan’s Law to juveniles and the age at which states require or permit juveniles to be registered as sex offenders. Download Publication
All states have laws making it discretionary or mandatory for courts to require a parent or guardian to pay at least part of the support costs for a juvenile who is adjudicated delinquent and placed…