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11/06/17
Publication
National Judicial Institute on Domestic Child Sex Trafficking Eva…

Domestic child sex trafficking (DCST) is a growing and complex problem in the U.S. Juvenile and family court judges are in a unique position to assist victimized youth to ensure they receive necessary services to…

10/31/17
Report
5 Ways State Juvenile Correctional Administrators Can Use Data

This brief, 5 Ways State Juvenile Correctional Administrators Can Use Data, provides specific examples of how juvenile correctional administrators can use aggregate data to ensure facility practices and operations reflect evidence-based practices and are aligned…

10/31/17
Report
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 4 Issue 4

Criminological Highlights is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published. Are the harmful effects on children of the imprisonment of a parent short-lived? When…

10/31/17
Report
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 4 Issue 3

Criminological Highlights is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published. Should cities invest in ‘streetworkers’ to help get people to quit being gang members?…

10/31/17
Report
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 5 Issue 2

Criminological Highlights is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published. Are Black youths living on the street particularly vulnerable to being stopped and searched…

10/31/17
Report
U.S. Age Boundaries of Delinquency 2016

This StateScan publication is an update in a series that distills knowledge from NCJJ’s Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice & Statistics website (jjgps.org). The publication summarizes the results of a statutory analysis of lower, upper,…

10/31/17
Report
The Number of Juveniles in Residential Placement Reached a New Lo…

NCJJ and OJJDP recently introduced a Data Snapshot series to disseminate current research about youth in the juvenile justice system. Each one-page Snapshot focuses on a specific topic (e.g., juveniles in residential placement, characteristics of…

10/31/17
Report
The National Juvenile Court Data Archive Includes Data on Hispani…

NCJJ and OJJDP recently introduced a Data Snapshot series to disseminate current research about youth in the juvenile justice system. Each one-page Snapshot focuses on a specific topic (e.g., juveniles in residential placement, characteristics of…

10/30/17
Report
Spotlight on Youth Homicide Victims

NCJJ and OJJDP recently introduced a Data Snapshot series to disseminate current research about youth in the juvenile justice system. Each one-page Snapshot focuses on a specific topic (e.g., juveniles in residential placement, characteristics of…

10/30/17
Technical Assistance Bulletin
5 Ways State Juvenile Correctional Administrators Can Use Data

This brief, 5 Ways State Juvenile Correctional Administrators Can Use Data, provides specific examples of how juvenile correctional administrators can use aggregate data to ensure facility practices and operations reflect evidence-based practices and are aligned…

10/29/17
Report
Juvenile Court Statistics 2014

Juvenile Court Statistics 2014 draws on data from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive (Archive) to profile nearly 1 million delinquency cases and more than 100,000 petitioned status offense cases handled in 2014 by U.S.…

10/24/17
Publication
Trauma-Informed Classrooms

The impact of students’ life experiences on their behavior has garnered increasing attention as schools strive to develop more supportive academic environments that address the needs of at-risk youth and facilitate continued academic engagement. Few…