AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
National Evaluation of the Safe Start Promising Approaches Initiative, 2011-2016

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

The Safe Start Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence Initiative funded 10 sites to implement and evaluate programs to improve outcomes for children exposed to violence. RAND conducted the national evaluation of these programs, in collaboration with the sites and a national evaluation team, to focus on child-level outcomes. The dataset includes data gathered at the individual family-level at baseline, 6-, 12-months. All families were engaged in experimental or quasi-experimental studies comparing the Safe Start intervention to enhanced services-as-usual, alternative services, a wait-list control group, or a comparable comparison group of families that did not receive Safe Start services. Data sources for the outcome evaluation were primary caregiver interviews, child interviews (for ages 8 and over), and family/child-level service utilization data provided by the Safe Start program staff.


Tags: anxiety, behavior-problems, caregivers, children, crime, crime-impact, delinquent-behavior, depression-psychology, evaluation, intervention, juvenile-crime, juvenile-victims, juveniles, parent-child-relationship, performance, post-traumatic-stress-disor
Organization: Department of Justice
National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART), [United States], 2011

The National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART) were undertaken in response to the mandate of the 1984 Missing Children's Assistance Act (Pub.L. 98-473) that requires the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to conduct periodic national incidence studies to determine the actual number of children reported missing and the number of missing children who are recovered for a given year. The third installment, NISMART-3, was undertaken in 2011 and is comprised of three components; an adult household survey, a survey of juvenile facilities and a survey of law enforcement. It was designed to provide a comprehensive picture of the population dealing with missing children issues and each component focusing on a different aspect of that population namely; the general population, law enforcement and juvenile detention centers across the country. Due to low response rates the data from the youth supplement to the household survey and the juvenile detention center data are unavailable and are not provided here.

Tags: child-abuse, child-custody, children, family-relationships, juveniles, kidnapping, missing-children, parental-kidnapping
Organization: Department of Justice
Youth Involvement in the Sex Trade, United States, 2008-2014

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
This multi-method, multi-site study aimed to increase scientific knowledge on the population size, needs, characteristics, and criminal justice experiences of youth who are involved in exchanging sex for money, food, housing, drugs, or other goods. Youth interviews were conducted in each of six geographically diverse research sites, as well as interviews with social service and law enforcement agency staff in four of the sites. In addition, state-level data on prostitution arrests of youth under the age of 18 and case-level data on prostitution arrests of youth under the age of 24 in the six research sites were obtained, but are not included in this collection.
The collection includes one SPSS data file, Youth_in_the_Sex_Trade_Final_Quantitative_Dataset.sav (n=949, vars= 88).
The qualitative data are not available as part of this collection at this time.

Tags: prostitution, school-age-children, sex-trafficking, sexual-exploitation, youths
Organization: Department of Justice
Missouri Juvenile Court Records, 1994

This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1994 by courts having
jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and
dependency cases) in Missouri. Inaugurated in 1975 and mandated in
1980, the Missouri Division of Youth Services collects and
disseminates delinquency statistics about each case disposed during
the previous calendar year. The data include a record of each case
processed formally with petition and informally without petition, and
contain an individual record on each delinquency, status offense,
dependency, and special proceeding case disposed.

Tags: case-processing, delinquent-behavior, disposition-legal, juvenile-courts, juvenile-offenders, status-offenses
Organization: Department of Justice
Arkansas Juvenile Court Records, 1994

This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1994 by courts having
jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and
dependency cases) in Arkansas. Inaugurated in 1983, the Arkansas
Administrative Office of the Courts began to collect data from intake
and probation departments on each case disposed during the previous
calendar year. The data include a record of each case processed
formally with petition and contain an individual record on each family
in need of services, delinquency, or dependency/neglect case
disposed.

Tags: case-processing, delinquent-behavior, disposition-legal, juvenile-courts, juvenile-offenders, status-offenses
Organization: Department of Justice
Arkansas Juvenile Court Records, 1991-1993

This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed by courts having jurisdiction over
juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and dependency cases).
Inaugurated in 1983, the Arkansas Administrative Office of the Courts
began to collect data from intake and probation departments on each
case disposed during the previous calendar year. The data include a
record of each case processed formally with petition for each
delinquency, dependent/neglect, or family in need of services case
disposed. Information is provided on county, case type, date of
filing, reason for referral to the courts, and the court action.

Tags: case-processing, court-cases, juvenile-courts, juvenile-crime
Organization: Department of Justice
National Survey of Residential Group Care Facilities for Children and Youth, 1981

This survey covers facilities for children and youth who are 
 considered to be dependent and neglected, delinquent, emotionally 
 disturbed, mentally ill, in detention or under supervision (status 
 offenders), and/or in need of temporary shelter or emergency care, or 
 in need of services due to pregnancy or use of an illegal substance. 
 The survey was designed to gather information about programs and 
 services that most types of residential care facilities provide, 
 regardless of function, rather than about those specific to a single 
 type of residential care. Information provided about each facility 
 includes the problems, conditions, and patterns of behavior of their 
 residents, the treatment programs for them, and the extent of their 
 participation in community activities. Questionnaires were sent to the 
 directors of all qualifying facilities. Telephone interviews were 
 conducted with those directors who did not respond to the 
questionnaire.

Tags: child-welfare, children, community-involvement, group-homes, residential-programs, social-services, treatment-programs, youths
Organization: Department of Justice
Conditions of Confinement in Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities: [United States], 1991

This study was conducted for the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to (1) collect and analyze data on
conditions of confinement in public and private juvenile facilities, (2)
determine the extent to which conditions were consistent with those
required by nationally recognized standards for juvenile confinement
facilities, (3) suggest explanations for variations in conformance to
standards among facilities, and (4) assist OJJDP in formulating
recommendations for improving conditions of confinement. In challenging
the premise that high levels of conformance to nationally recognized
standards result in improved conditions of confinement, this study
examined client outcomes. Areas of concern for juvenile facilities
usually center on living space, health care, security, and control of
suicidal behavior. Key incident measures provided in this data
collection include injuries, escapes, acts of suicidal behavior,
incidents requiring emergency health care, and isolation incidents. Part
1, Mail Survey Data, collected information from facility administrators.
Part 2, Site Visit Data, consists of questions answered by the juvenile
inmates as well as by the independent observers who administered the
on-site surveys. Additional variables in Part 2 that are not present in
Part 1 include subjective measures such as the quality of the food,
medical care, and recreation facilities, and whether various facility
programs were effective. The study covered all 984 public and private
juvenile detention centers, reception centers, training schools, and
ranches, camps, and farms in the United States. Three types of
facilities were excluded: (1) youth halfway houses, shelters, and group
homes, (2) police lockups, adult jails, and prisons that held juveniles
tried and convicted as adults, and (3) psychiatric and drug treatment
programs.

Tags: correctional-facilities-juveniles, juvenile-inmates, prison-adjustment, prison-conditions, prison-security
Organization: Department of Justice
Families of Missing Children: Psychological Consequences and Promising Interventions in the United States, 1989-1991

This study was conducted to examine the psychological
 reactions experienced by families of missing children and to evaluate
 families' utilization of and satisfaction with intervention
 services. To address issues of psychological consequences, the events
 occurring prior to child loss, during the experience of child loss,
 and after child recovery (if applicable) were studied from multiple
 perspectives within the family by interviewing parents, spouses,
 siblings, and, when possible, the missing child. A sample of 249
 families with one or more missing children were followed with in-home
 interviews, in a time series measurement design. Three time periods
 were used: Time Series 1, within 45 days of disappearance, Time Series
 2, at 4 months post-disappearance, and Time Series 3, at 8 months
 post-disappearance. Three groups of missing children and their
 families were studied: loss from alleged nonfamily abduction
 (stranger), loss by alleged family or parental abduction, and loss by
 alleged runaway. Cases were selected from four confidential sites in
 the United States. The files in this collection consist of data from
 detailed structured interviews (Parts 1-22) and selected quantitative
 nationally-normed measurement instruments (Parts 23-33). Structured
 interview items covered: (1) family of origin for parents of the
 missing child or children, (2) demographics of the current family with
 the missing child or children, (3) conditions in the family before the
 child's disappearance, (4) circumstances of the child's disappearance,
 (5) perception of the child's disappearance, (6) missing child search,
 (7) nonmissing child, concurrent family stress, (8) coping with the
 child's disappearance, (9) coping with a nonmissing child, concurrent
 family stress, (10) missing child recovery, if applicable, (11)
 recovered child reunification with family, if applicable, and (12)
 resource and assistance evaluation. With respect to intervention
 services, utilization of and satisfaction with these services were
 assessed in each of the following categories: law enforcement
 services, mental health services, missing child center services,
 within-family social support, and community social support. The
 quantitative instruments collected data on family members' stress
 levels and reactions to stress, using the Symptom Check List-90,
 Achenbach Child Behavior Check List, Family Inventory of Life Events,
 F-COPES, Frederick Trauma Reaction Index-Adult, and Frederick Trauma
Reaction Index-Child.

Tags: coping, demographic-characteristics, families, family-relations, intervention, kidnapping, law-enforcement, loss-adjustment, mental-health-services, missing-children, parental-kidnapping, psychological-wellbeing, social-support, stress
Organization: Department of Justice
Post-PCAST Court Decisions Assessing the Admissibility of Forensic Science Evidence

This database gathers federal and state court decisions issued after the release of a 2016 report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology titled Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods (the “PCAST Report”). The database seeks to compile decisions addressing the PCAST Report in a manner that is easy for courts, attorneys, forensic scientists, and others to review. It is both sortable by column and searchable. Columns are described below, and the terms used in each column are explained. The database includes cases that have been published in recognized court reporters, cases that have been published by Lexis Nexis, unpublished cases, and oral decisions.

Tags: forensic-science
Organization: Department of Justice
National Study of Law Enforcement Agencies' Policies Regarding Missing Children and Homeless Youth, 1986

The purpose of the study was to provide information about 
 law enforcement agencies' handling of missing child cases, including 
 the rates of closure for these cases, agencies' initial investigative 
 procedures for handling such reports, and obstacles to investigation. 
 Case types identified include runaway, parental abduction, stranger 
 abduction, and missing for unknown reasons. Other key variables provide 
 information about the existence and types of policies within law 
 enforcement agencies regarding missing child reports, such as a waiting 
 period and classification of cases. The data also contain information 
 about the cooperation of and use of the National Center of Missing and 
 Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the National Crime Information Center 
(NCIC).

Tags: homelessness, kidnapping, law-enforcement-agencies, missing-children, parental-kidnapping, police-investigations, policies-and-procedures
Organization: Department of Justice
Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders: a Study of Intervention Practices for Youth in Seven Cities in the United States, 1987-1991

This data collection focuses on status offenders--those
juveniles who commit acts (such as running away, habitual truancy, and
possession of alcohol) that are forbidden to minors but not to adults.
The purpose of this study was to connect legislative intent, service
delivery systems, and youth responses in order to provide guidelines
for future status offender legislation and practice. In the selection
of sampling sites, three categories of intervention philosophy were
represented: (1) deterrence, which recommends sanctions and control
through the juvenile justice system, (2) treatment, which recommends
emotional adjustment strategies through the community mental health
system, and (3) normalization, which recommends little or no
professional response. Respondents from youth service agencies in seven
cities in the United States were asked about service delivery system
characteristics (such as types of referral sources, how often they were
used, and length of client service period), organizational
characteristics (such as public versus private auspices, sources of
funding, and educational level of staff), and youth characteristics
(such as family situation, school status, and educational attainment of
principal adults in the home). Demographic variables for status
offenders included gender, race, age, and type of residence. Interviews
with youths were also conducted and included a self-concept scale, by
which youths could categorize themselves as delinquent, disturbed,
and/or conforming. The units of analysis for this study are the
individual and the youth service agency.

Tags: deterrence, intervention, intervention-strategies, juvenile-offenders, legislation, status-offenses, treatment-programs
Organization: Department of Justice
National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program - Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) and Youth Surveys, [United States], 1999-2005

The Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Program was designed to reduce the number of alcoholic beverages sold to and consumed by minors under the age of 21 by distributing grants to state agencies to increase law enforcement activity with regard to the sale of alcohol to minors. The main elements of the National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program are: Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) Survey:  a telephone survey of law enforcement agencies in a sample of communities in states receiving discretionary grants, and Youth Survey:  a telephone survey of youth, age 16 to 20, in these same communities.  Each of these data collection efforts was conducted once relatively early in the implementation of the program and annually for two years thereafter for each round. The evaluation involves a comparison of communities that are receiving the most intensive "interventions"--in this case, communities that received sub-grants under the three rounds EUDL discretionary grant program--with communities that are not receiving such intense interventions.

Tags: alcohol, alcohol-consumption, drinking-behavior, juveniles, law-enforcement-agencies, police, program-evaluation
Organization: Department of Justice
National Evaluation of the Safe Start Promising Approaches Initiative, 2006-2010

The Safe Start Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence Initiative
funded 15 sites to implement and evaluate programs to improve outcomes for
children exposed to violence. RAND conducted the national evaluation of
these programs, in collaboration with the sites and a national evaluation team,
to focus on child-level outcomes. The dataset includes data gathered at the
individual family-level at baseline, 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months. All families were engaged in experimental or quasi-experimental studies comparing the Safe Start intervention to enhanced services-as-usual, alternative services, a wait-list control group, or a comparable comparison group of families that did not receive Safe Start services. Data sources for the outcome evaluation were primary caregiver interviews, child interviews (for ages 3 and over), and family/child-level service utilization data provided by the Safe Start program staff.

Tags: anxiety, behavior-problems, caregivers, children, crime-impact, delinquent-behavior, depression-psychology, juvenile-crime, juvenile-victims, juveniles, outcome-evaluation, parent-child-relationship, performance, post-traumatic-stress-disorder, psycholo
Organization: Department of Justice
Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System Response: Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood, Cook County, Illinois, 2011-2014

This collection includes data collected from a subsample of participants interviewed near the end of the thirteenth follow-up of the Northwestern Juvenile Project (NJP). NJP is a longitudinal assessment of alcohol, drug, and mental health service needs and outcomes of juvenile detainees. The thirteenth follow-up occurred approximately 16 years after the baseline interview. The subsample of participants received two additional modules that were added to the interview. These interview modules, the Juvenile Justice Experiences module and the Weapons-Related Injury module, retrospectively assessed behaviors and experiences during adolescence. 
The original NJP sample included 1,829 randomly selected youth recruited at intake to the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (CCJTDC) in Chicago, Illinois from 1995 to 1998. The sample was stratified by gender, race/ethnicity, age, and legal status (for a total of 13 strata) to obtain enough participants to examine key subgroups. Both additional modules were administered at follow-up thirteen to a subsample 389 participants.
The Juvenile Justice Experiences module assessed experiences with corrections in the juvenile justice system. Items were drawn from the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP) which ask a series of questions covering an individual's emotion and mental states among youth who are in custody. NJP utilized a modified SYRP to assess juvenile justice experiences retrospectively among the sample.
The Weapons-Related Injury module was created for the NJP, and assesses gunshot-related and stabbing-related victimization during adolescence. 

Tags: gun-violence, injuries, juvenile-detention, juvenile-offenders, knife-violence, mental-health, victimization
Organization: Department of Justice