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U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency         
 Prevention

Publications List
Spring 1997

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Contents

Introduction

Publications by Subject Area
 Corrections and Detention
 Courts
 Delinquency Prevention
 Gangs
 General
 Missing and Exploited Children
 Restitution
 Status Offenders
 Violence and Victimization

OJJDP Fact Sheets

OJJDP National Training and Technical Assistance
Center

OJJDP Online

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Introduction

About OJJDP

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP) was established to support
local and State efforts to prevent delinquency and
to improve their juvenile justice systems. Its
mission is to provide national leadership,
coordination, and resources to develop, implement,
and support effective methods to prevent juvenile
victimization and respond appropriately to
juvenile delinquency. This is accomplished through
prevention programs and a juvenile justice system
that protects the public safety, holds juvenile
offenders accountable, and provides treatment and
rehabilitative services based on the needs of each
individual juvenile. 

The Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse

OJJDP established the Juvenile Justice
Clearinghouse (JJC) in 1979 to enhance and
expedite access to juvenile justice information
and resources. JJC provides quick and easy access
to juvenile justice information and resources and
to publications, research findings, and program
information from the Nation's foremost experts. A
team of juvenile justice information specialists
is available to respond to inquiries by providing
information, publications, and referrals. JJC also
offers access to the National Criminal Justice
Reference Service (NCJRS) library, the world's
most comprehensive source of criminal and juvenile
justice literature, and to NCJRS online services,
which provide information from OJJDP and the
juvenile justice field.

OJJDP Publications

OJJDP publications provide up-to-date information
for a variety of audiences, including
policymakers, practitioners, researchers,
community groups, students and faculty, and the
general public. They are intended to enhance
understanding and guide the future direction of
the juvenile justice system. 

The Spring 1997 OJJDP Publications List covers a
wide range of documents and audiovisual materials
produced by and for OJJDP. The publications listed
in this document address issues of concern to
those in the juvenile justice field. All materials
are available through JJC. Publications appear
alphabetically within the following subject areas:
Corrections and Detention, Courts, Delinquency
Prevention, Gangs, General, Missing and Exploited
Children, Restitution, Status Offenders, and
Violence and Victimization. Each entry includes
the title, publication series type, publication
date, number of pages, document identification
number, availability information, and a brief
description of the publication's contents. 

The publications listed in this document are
available in a variety of formats:

o Printed copies, which can be requested via
telephone at 800-638-8736; e-mail at
askncjrs@ncjrs.org; or the order form at the end
of this document. Most publications are available
for free while others are available for a nominal
fee.

o Online versions, which can be accessed via
OJJDP's home page at www.ncjrs.org/ojjhome.htm. 

o Fax-on-Demand versions for Fact Sheets and
Bulletins. Call 800-638-8736; select option 1 for
automated ordering and option 2 for Fax-on-Demand
instructions and a list of available titles.

o Videotapes, which can be requested via telephone
at 800-638-8736; e-mail at askncjrs@ncjrs.org; or
the order form at the end of this document. All
are available for a fee. 

For Further Information

For additional information about OJJDP
publications and resources, contact the Juvenile
Justice Clearinghouse: 

Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
800-638-8736
301-251-5212 (fax)
askncjrs@ncjrs.org
http://www.ncjrs.org/ojjhome.htm

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Corrections and Detention

American Probation and Parole Association's Drug
Testing Guidelines and Practices for Juvenile
Probation and Parole Agencies. 1992. 163 pp. 
NCJ 136450. FREE.
Assists the juvenile probation/parole
administrator in developing a drug testing
program. Describes components of such programs and
provides an overview of current case law.

Breaking the Code (Video, VHS format). 1993. 83
minutes. NCJ 146604. $20.65 (U.S.), $22.75
(Canada), $30.00 (other countries).
Provides detailed information for implementing
systematic phonics instruction in reading programs
for education and/or reading instruction
personnel. 

Conditions of Confinement: Juvenile Detention and
Corrections Facilities (Research Report). 1994.
334 pp. NCJ 145793. FREE. Limited quantity
available.
Presents complete research findings on conditions
of juvenile confinement facilities. Assesses
facilities in terms of their order and safety,
programming, consideration for juveniles' rights,
and ability to meet basic needs of confined youth.

Conditions of Confinement: Juvenile Detention and
Corrections Facilities (Research Summary). 1994.
16 pp. NCJ 141873. FREE.
Reports latest findings on conditions in juvenile
confinement facilities, including overcrowding,
violence, suicidal behavior, and escapes. Also
examines institutional security, treatment
programming, education, health care, and
protection of juveniles' rights.

Conditions of Confinement -- Satellite
Teleconference (Video, VHS format). 1993. 90
minutes. NCJ 147531. $14.00 (U.S.), $16.00
(Canada), $23.00 (other countries).
Presents videotaped proceedings of a national
teleconference held in 1993 that features findings
and recommendations resulting from the landmark
OJJDP research project Conditions of Confinement:
Juvenile Detention and Corrections Facilities. 

Desktop Guide to Good Juvenile Detention Practice
(Research Report). 1996. 218 pp. NCJ 161408. Free.
Limited quantity available.
Defines contemporary state-of-the-art juvenile
detention practices. Explores the background
principles, concepts, and knowledge that are at
the core of juvenile detention and juvenile
justice and examines daily practice, addressing
the principles and concepts for skill acquisition.

Desktop Guide to Good Juvenile Probation Practice.
1991. 141 pp. NCJ 128218. FREE.
Provides a comprehensive description of accepted
juvenile probation practices. Serves as a
reference and resource document for practitioners
from intake through supervision.

Effective Practices in Juvenile Correctional
Education: A Study of the Literature and Research
1980-1992. 1994. 194 pp. NCJ 150066. $15.00
(U.S.), $19.50 (Canada and other countries).
Provides a comprehensive review of literature and
research on topics related to correctional
education, such as education programs for female
offenders, law-related education, special
education, and community-based programs.

Effective Programs for Serious, Violent and
Chronic Juvenile Offenders: An Examination of
Three Model Interventions and Intensive Aftercare
Initiatives -- Satellite Teleconference (Video,
VHS format). 1996. 120 minutes. NCJ 160947. $17.00
(U.S.), $21.00 (Canada and other countries).
Presents videotaped proceedings of a
teleconference held in 1996 that discusses unique
and effective intervention strategies in three 
community-based or secure correctional settings
and highlights the importance of effective
intensive aftercare programs. 

Evaluation of the Disproportionate Minority
Confinement (DMC) Initiative. $15.00 each, $39.00
for set of five. 
Arizona Final Report. 1996. 111 pp. NCJ 161564.
Florida Final Report. 1996. 84 pp. NCJ 161563.
Iowa Final Report. 1996. 115 pp. NCJ 161562.
North Carolina Final Report. 1996. 97 pp. NCJ      
 161561.
Oregon Final Report. 1996. 71 pp. NCJ 161560.
Presents evaluation findings of the DMC initiative
in five pilot States. In Phase I the States
assessed the extent of DMC in their juvenile
justice systems. In Phase II they designed and
implemented strategies to address the DMC issues
identified in Phase I. The initiative included a
national evaluation to document lessons learned,
identify key factors in the success of State and
local efforts, and determine the efficacy of
different interventions. 

Evaluation of the Impact of Boot Camps for
Juvenile Offenders. $19.00 each.
Cleveland Interim Report. 1996. 160 pp. NCJ        
 160928. 
Denver Interim Report. 1996. 108 pp. NCJ 160927. 
Mobile Interim Report. 1996. 119 pp. NCJ 160926. 
Presents evaluations of the first three
experimental boot camp programs in Cleveland,
Denver, and Mobile, which became operational in
April 1992. These programs emphasize discipline,
treatment, and work, and focus on a target
population of adjudicated, nonviolent offenders
under age 18. They include a highly structured
3-month residential program, followed by 6 to 9
months of community-based aftercare.

Improving Literacy Skills of Juvenile Detainees
(Juvenile Justice Bulletin). 1994. 5 pp. NCJ
150707. FREE.
Describes innovative programs designed to combat
illiteracy among youth in the juvenile corrections
system. Examines how phonics-based curriculums are
developed and integrated into literacy programs
and shows how students have applied their
knowledge of phonics to reading and writing tasks.

Intensive Aftercare for High-Risk Juveniles: An
Assessment. 1994. 195 pp. NCJ 144018. $15.00
(U.S.), $19.50 (Canada and other countries).
Presents a review of programs and literature
concerning juvenile prerelease, transition,
reintegration, and aftercare. Includes information
on assessment and classification for risk and
need, descriptions of community- and
institution-based programs, and an overview of
theory-driven interventions.

Intensive Aftercare for High-Risk Juveniles: A
Community Care Model (Program Summary). 1994. 20
pp. NCJ 147575. FREE.
Reports the interim findings of OJJDP's initiative
to assess intensive juvenile aftercare program
models for serious, violent, and chronic juvenile
offenders. Describes the framework for the
prototype proposed for field testing.

Intensive Aftercare for High-Risk Juveniles:
Policies and Procedures (Program Summary). 1994.
28 pp. NCJ 147712. FREE.
Explains the underlying principles and program
elements of the intensive aftercare program model,
which can be applied in a variety of settings.
Addresses organizational factors, case management,
and program evaluation.

Juvenile Arrests 1995 (Juvenile Justice Bulletin).
1996. 12 pp. NCJ 163813. FREE.
Summarizes statistics on the arrests of youth
under age 18 found in the Crime in the United
States 1995 report and other data from the FBI's
Uniform Crime Reporting Program. This bulletin
shows that the number of juvenile violent crime
arrests in 1995 was 12 percent greater than the
level in 1991 and 67 percent above the 1986 level.

Juvenile Boot Camps -- Satellite Teleconference
(Video, VHS format). 1996. 120 minutes. NCJ
160949. $17.00 (U.S.), $21.00 (Canada and other
countries).
Presents videotaped proceedings of a
teleconference held in 1996 that explores the
general characteristics, operational concepts, and
implementation issues of juvenile boot camps.
Assesses the results of an evaluation of three
boot camps and illustrates changes made due to
this evaluation.

Juvenile Correctional Education: A Time for Change
(Update on Research). 1994. 3 pp. NCJ 151264.
FREE.
Provides examples of effective educational
programs and practices for incarcerated youth
based on an 18-month study. Topics addressed
include effective schools, special education,
employment training, and transitional services.

Juvenile Corrections Resource Package. 1995. NCJ
154353. $32.00 (U.S.), $39.00 (Canada), $69.00
(other countries).
Provides a compilation of various OJP publications
(free and cost items) addressing the issue of
juvenile corrections, including alternative
corrections and probation, conditions of detention
facilities, and aftercare services. Also includes
updated topical searches of the NCJRS data base.

Juvenile Detention Training Needs Assessment
(Research Report). 1996. 60 pp. NCJ 156833. FREE.
Presents information on training resources that
corrections managers can use to increase knowledge
and strengthen skills among line staff. Includes a
literature review of job-related skills and
training requirements and makes recommendations
for assessing and improving training.

Juvenile Intensive Supervision: An Assessment.
1994. 89 pp. NCJ 150064. $13.00 (U.S.), $17.50
(Canada and other countries).
Presents an analysis of the literature on juvenile
intensive supervision programs and describes the
organization and operation of 11 such programs,
identified through onsite assessments. Also makes
recommendations for development of a national
replication model.

Juvenile Intensive Supervision: Planning Guide
(Program Summary). 1994. 80 pp. NCJ 150065. FREE.
Describes this intermediate sanction program as an
alternative to secure detention. Provides program
components and implementation information for
model programs.

Juvenile Probation: The Workhorse of the Juvenile
Justice System (Juvenile Justice Bulletin). 1996.
5 pp. NCJ 158534. FREE.
Summarizes the workload problems, agency
initiatives, and special issues of juvenile
probation professionals as reported in the 1992
Juvenile Probation Officer Initiative Survey.
Describes the probation profession, the youth it
serves, and the issues it faces, including
on-the-job safety, insufficient resources,
understaffing, and overcrowded caseloads. 

Juveniles Taken Into Custody: Fiscal Year 1993
(Statistics Report). 1995. 185 pp. NCJ 154022.
FREE.
Summarizes data on the number of juveniles taken
into custody in the United States and presents the
latest developments in creating a new National
Juvenile Corrections Reporting System. Reports for
previous years are also available.

Law Enforcement Custody of Juveniles (Video, VHS
format). 1992. 31 minutes. NCJ 137387. $13.50
(U.S.), $14.50 (Canada), $19.50 (other countries).
Depicts common scenarios that require decisions
about when and how to temporarily hold both
delinquent and nondelinquent offenders. The video
is accompanied by a training guide; single copies
of the guide are available by calling or writing
JJC.

National Juvenile Custody Trends: 1978-1989. 1992.
45 pp. NCJ 131649. FREE.
Highlights significant trends in the number and
characteristics of youth taken into custody
between 1978 and 1989.

National Survey of Reading Programs for
Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders. 1993. 51 pp. NCJ
144017. $10.50 (U.S.), $15.00 (Canada), $15.50
(other countries).
Presents survey results that profile current
reading programs in juvenile correctional
facilities.

OJJDP Helps States Remove Juveniles From Adult
Jails and Lockups (Juvenile Justice Bulletin).
1990. 5 pp. NCJ 126869. FREE.
Describes OJJDP's efforts to help States comply
with the provisions of the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act that require removal of
juveniles from adult correctional facilities.

Private-Sector Corrections Program for Juveniles:
Paint Creek Youth Center (Update on Programs).
1988. 6 pp. NCJ 113214. FREE.
Describes the Paint Creek Youth Center
(Bainbridge, Ohio), a private, community-based
youth service organization that uses proven
program components to serve serious juvenile
offenders.

Privatizing Juvenile Probation Services: Five
Local Experiences (Update on Programs). 1989. 4
pp. NCJ 121507. FREE.
Describes OJJDP's Private-Sector Probation
Initiative, a 3-year project to study the
feasibility of private-sector provision of
selected juvenile probation services.

Public Juvenile Facilities: Children in Custody
1989 (Update on Statistics). 1991. 10 pp. NCJ
127189. FREE.
Presents the results of a 1989 census of 1,100
public juvenile facilities in the United States.
Covers juvenile demographics as well as
information on the facilities surveyed.

Reduced Recidivism and Increased Employment
Opportunity Through Research-Based Reading
Instruction. 1993. 76 pp. NCJ 141324. $13.00
(U.S.), $17.50 (Canada and other countries).
Presents evidence of a link between academic
failure and delinquency and recommends ways to
improve reading instruction. 

A Resource Manual for Juvenile Detention and
Corrections: Effective and Innovative Programs.
1995. 164 pp. NCJ 155285. $15.00 (U.S.), $19.50
(Canada and other countries).
Provides a collection of ideas and resources about
successful juvenile detention and corrections
programs already in practice. Includes sections on
aftercare programs, alternatives to secure
detention, prevention, and secure programs.

Retarding America -- The Imprisonment of Potential
(Video, VHS format). 1993. 28 minutes. NCJ 146605.
$12.95 (U.S.), $15.00 (Canada), $22.40 (other
countries).
Summarizes research findings that demonstrate the
advantages of intensive, systematic phonics
instruction in beginning reading programs. For use
in juvenile corrections and detention sites.

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Courts

Balanced and Restorative Justice (Program
Summary). 1994. 16 pp. NCJ 149727. FREE.
Describes the function and philosophy of the
balanced and restorative justice model for
juvenile justice. Presents information on pilot
programs using the model.

Beyond the Bench: How Judges Can Help Reduce
Juvenile DUI and Alcohol and Other Drug Violations
(Video, VHS format, and discussion guide). 1996.
17 minutes. NCJ 162357. $17.00 (U.S.), $20.00
(Canada and other countries).
Highlights the benefits of increased judicial
leadership in addressing juvenile impaired driving
due to alcohol and other drugs. The video is
intended to enhance the dialog between judges and
communities as they begin to explore a
communitywide response to these problems.

The Child Victim as a Witness (Research Report).
1994. 143 pp. NCJ 149172. FREE.
Presents information on the impact of court
procedures on child victims and examines promising
strategies designed to reduce the level of trauma
they experience.

Court Careers of Juvenile Offenders. 1988. 87 pp.
NCJ 110854. $13.00 (U.S.), $17.50 (Canada and
other countries).
Describes the prevalence, content, and structure
of juvenile court careers for 70,000 youths born
between 1962 and 1965.

Guide to the Data Sets in the National Juvenile
Court Data Archive. 1991. 38 pp. NCJ 132073. FREE.
Informs researchers of the available data sets of
the National Juvenile Court Data Archive and the
procedures for accessing them.

Helping Victims and Witnesses in the Juvenile
Justice System: A Program Handbook. 1991. 282 pp.
NCJ 139731. $15.00 (U.S.), $19.50 (Canada and
other countries).
Offers guidance in establishing and operating
victim/witness assistance programs in the juvenile
justice system. Identifies model programs and
provides resources for additional information.
How Juveniles Get to Criminal Court (Update on
Statistics). 1994. 5 pp. NCJ 150309. FREE.
Presents statistics on the number of juveniles
transferred to adult criminal court through
judicial waiver, prosecutorial discretion, and
statutory exclusion.

Juvenile Court Property Cases (Update on
Statistics). 1990. 5 pp. NCJ 125625. FREE.
Analyzes property offense referrals to juvenile
courts by nature of offense, disposition, and
offender characteristics.

Juvenile Court Statistics 1994 (Statistics
Report). 1996. 95 pp. NCJ 163709. FREE.
Describes delinquency cases and status offense
cases handled by U.S. juvenile courts during 1994.
Serves as a reference guide to help policymakers,
researchers, and the public to better understand
the juvenile justice system. Includes detailed
tables and figures. Copies of Juvenile Court
Statistics for 1992 and 1993 are also available.

Offenders in Juvenile Court, 1994 (Juvenile
Justice Bulletin). 1996. 12 pp. NCJ 162423. FREE.
Profiles delinquency and status offense cases
handled in juvenile court in 1994. Provides a
comparison of data from 1985, 1990, and 1994
juvenile court statistics. Copies of Offenders in
Juvenile Court for 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 are
also available.

Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment: An
Implementation Guide for Teen Court Programs.
1996. 285 pp. NCJ 162782. FREE. 
Offers juvenile justice agencies baseline
information to help them develop, implement, and
enhance teen court programs as a viable
alternative for juvenile offenders in their
communities. Appendices include model teen court
programs, sample resources for program development
and implementation, and sample volunteer and
program evaluation resources.

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Delinquency Prevention

1995 Report to Congress: Title V Grants for Local
Delinquency Prevention Programs (Program Report).
1996. 100 pp. NCJ 160942. FREE.
Describes activities and accomplishments of grant
activities funded under Title V, identifies
successful approaches, and makes recommendations
for future Title V activities. This annual report
also reviews the Title V Program and delineates
the role it plays in the prevention of juvenile
delinquency.

Bridging the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
Systems (Juvenile Justice Bulletin). 1995. 4 pp.
NCJ 152155. FREE.
Describes four programs that focus on family
preservation, delinquency, early intervention, and
improving the judicial response to the needs of
children. Identifies specific opportunities for
increased collaboration among public officials and
community leaders.

Combating Violence and Delinquency: The National
Juvenile Justice Action Plan (Summary). 1996. 36
pp. NCJ 157105. FREE.
Summarizes innovative and effective strategies
designed to reduce juvenile violence and
victimization that were developed by the
Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention. Identifies eight key
objectives that individuals, communities, States,
and the Federal Government can support to bring
about positive change.

Combating Violence and Delinquency: The National
Juvenile Justice Action Plan (Report). 1996. 200
pp. NCJ 157106. FREE.
Provides a framework for the fight against
juvenile violence by identifying eight objectives
that can be supported by activity at the
individual, community, State, and Federal levels.
Developed by the Coordinating Council on Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention, this report
describes how communities can generate solutions
and how individuals and groups can reduce or
prevent violence on their blocks, in public
housing units, or in neighborhoods. Information
about Federal training, technical assistance,
grants, research, and other resources that support
these efforts is also provided.

Communities Working Together -- Satellite
Teleconference (Video, VHS format). 1996. 120
minutes. NCJ 160946. $17.00 (U.S.), $21.00 (Canada
and other countries).
Presents videotaped proceedings of a
teleconference held in 1996 that discusses Title
V, Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency
Prevention Programs, which is a 1992 amendment to
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Act. Includes descriptions of community-based
programs within Title V and how various cities
have implemented them, along with a Community
Resource Guide.

Creating Safe and Drug-Free Schools: An Action
Guide. 1996. 134 pp. Available from the U.S.
Department of Education (800-624-0100).  
Contains action steps for schools, students,
parents, community groups, and businesses, along
with a series of information briefs on specific
issues affecting school safety, including gun
violence, truancy, uniforms, and drug testing of
student athletes. Also includes appendices on
research and evaluation findings, resources,
related readings, and contacts for additional
information. 

Curfew: An Answer to Juvenile Delinquency and
Victimization? (Juvenile Justice Bulletin). 1996.
11 pp. NCJ 159533. FREE.
Provides an overview of the legal challenges to
curfew and presents profiles of seven
jurisdictions with comprehensive curfew
enforcement programs that both address the factors
that place youth at risk for delinquency and
victimization and promote the development of
healthy behavior. Supplemental readings and
resources on juvenile curfew are also provided.

Delinquency Prevention Works (Program Summary).
1995. 74 pp. NCJ 155006. FREE.
Provides a synthesis of the most current
information on programs and strategies that seek
to prevent delinquency. Summarizes research and
evaluation efforts to assist States and
jurisdictions in their prevention activities.

Education in the Law: Promoting Citizenship in the
Schools (Update on Programs). 1990. 5 pp. NCJ
125548. FREE.
Describes OJJDP's Law-Related Education program, a
law education curriculum for elementary through
high school students.

Family Life, Delinquency, and Crime: A
Policymaker's Guide (Research Summary). 1994. 65
pp. NCJ 140517. FREE.
Describes how parental supervision and other
aspects of family life may prevent delinquency,
and how the absence of parental involvement and
negative parental influences may promote its
development.

Family Strengthening in Preventing Delinquency --
A Literature Review. 1994. 76 pp. NCJ 150222.
$13.00 (U.S.), $17.50 (Canada and other
countries).
Examines literature on family structure and its
relationship to the development of delinquency in
youth. Also reviews family strengthening
approaches and models and the current status of
family strengthening programs. 

Innovative Community Partnerships: Working
Together for Change (Program Summary). 1994. 32
pp. NCJ 147483. FREE.
Describes strategies employed by Dade County,
Florida; Lansing, Michigan; and Norfolk, Virginia
designed to improve the quality of life for
families and communities through the integration
of community policing and human service
initiatives.

Juvenile Delinquency Development Statements: A
Report on Federal Programs. 1995. 352 pp. NCJ
150712. $22.50 (U.S.), $27.50 (Canada), $40.50
(other countries).
Provides a comprehensive look at the missions and
activities of 20 Federal agencies (for fiscal
years 1990 through 1992) as they relate to
juvenile delinquency prevention, treatment,
diversion, rehabilitation, education, planning,
training and technical assistance, and research.
Federal involvement in addressing serious juvenile
crime, drug and alcohol abuse, gang membership,
and child victimization is also described.

Law-Related Education for Juvenile Justice
Settings. 1993. 173 pp. NCJ 147063. $15.00 (U.S.),
$19.50 (Canada and other countries).
Assists juvenile justice practitioners in the
implementation of law-related education (LRE)
programs and includes information on the benefits
of LRE programs, their use as prevention and
intervention tools, and how to design and
implement an LRE curriculum and program.

Matrix of Community-Based Initiatives (Program
Summary). 1995. 51 pp. NCJ 154816. FREE.
Presents, in narrative and graph format, a
collection of major public and private
comprehensive community-based violence prevention
and economic development initiatives that can
assist in delinquency prevention efforts. 

Mentoring -- A Proven Delinquency Prevention
Strategy (Juvenile Justice Bulletin). 1997. 8 pp.
NCJ 164386. FREE.
Presents the results of an independent evaluation
of the Nation's oldest and largest mentoring
program, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America. The
study found that mentored youth were less likely
to start using drugs or alcohol, were less
assaultive, skipped fewer days of school, and had
better relationships with their parents and peers
than similar youth without a mentor.

Mobilizing Community Support for Law-Related
Education. 1989. 43 pp. NCJ 118217. $10.50 (U.S.),
$15.00 (Canada), $15.50 (other countries).
Offers practical ideas for involving community
members, specifically attorneys, in school-based,
law-related education programs.

OJJDP and Boys and Girls Clubs of America: Public
Housing and High-Risk Youth (Update on Programs).
1991. 5 pp. NCJ 128412. FREE.
Describes successful delinquency prevention
initiatives developed and implemented by OJJDP and
the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, including
Targeted Outreach, SMART Moves, and the Drug
Demand Reduction Program.

Parent Training and Family Life Catalog. 1994. 40
pp. NCJ 151286. FREE.
Highlights a variety of parenting-related
publications, training materials, and other
products available from the Center for the
Improvement of Child Caring.

Preventing Crime and Promoting Responsibility: 50
Programs That Help Communities Help Their Youth.
1995. 96 pp. NCJ 158622. FREE.
Presents a planning process, selected programs,
and resources to assist community efforts in
preventing youth crime and violence.

Reaching Out to Youth Out of the Education
Mainstream (Juvenile Justice Bulletin). 1997. 12
pp. NCJ 163920. FREE. 
Describes a new effort to reduce the number of
juveniles who leave school prematurely and who are
at risk of delinquency because they are truants or
dropouts, afraid to attend school, suspended or
expelled, or in need of help to be reintegrated
into their mainstream school from the juvenile
justice system. This Bulletin introduces a series
of OJJDP Bulletins focusing on effective programs
and innovative strategies to reach these children.

Strengthening America's Families: Promising
Parenting Strategies for Delinquency Prevention:
User's Guide. 1993. 105 pp. NCJ 140781. $13.00
(U.S.), $17.50 (Canada and other countries).
Guides program planners, policymakers, and service
providers in determining effective family-focused
and parenting intervention strategies for
high-risk youth and families. 

Title V Delinquency Prevention Program Community
Self-Evaluation Workbook. 1996. 162 pp. NCJ
160125. FREE.
Assists communities in assessing their delinquency
prevention programs by providing information and
resource aids on program planning, evaluation
design, performing data analysis, and measuring
outcomes. Although designed primarily for Title V
grantees, the workbook provides instructions and
examples of forms that can be used to support any
evaluation.

What Works: Promising Interventions in Juvenile
Justice (Program Report). 1994. 248 pp. NCJ
150858. $19.00 (U.S.), $23.50 (Canada), $30.00
(other countries).
Contains descriptions of more than 400 juvenile
delinquency prevention and treatment programs
throughout the United States. Also includes
contact persons for programs characterized as
successful by professionals in the field.

YES in Action (Program Summary). 1996. 38 pp. NCJ
159762. FREE. 
Offers an indepth description of the history and
structure of the Youth Environmental Service (YES)
program, as well as a detailed description of six
diverse pilot programs. Designed for policymakers
and practitioners who want to learn more about
YES.

YES Technical Assistance Package. 1996. 72 pp. NCJ
159763. FREE. 
Assists youth service agencies and Federal land
managers in developing a Youth Environmental
Service (YES) program. Describes the steps
involved in becoming a site and explains how to
obtain Federal technical assistance during startup
and implementation. 

Youth-Oriented Community Policing -- Satellite
Teleconference (Video, VHS format). 1996. 120
minutes. NCJ 160947. $17.00 (U.S.), $21.00 (Canada
and other countries).
Presents videotaped proceedings of a
teleconference held in 1996 that provides
information on the characteristics of
youth-oriented community policing and how it
differs from general community-oriented policing,
and highlights three unique and effective
programs.

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Gangs

Gang Suppression and Intervention: An Assessment.
1991. 197 pp. NCJ 146494. $19.00 (U.S.), $23.50
(Canada and other countries).
Provides an extensive review of the research
literature available on the youth gang phenomenon
and contains a summary and conclusions regarding
the nature of the problem, promising intervention
strategies, and possible courses for further
research.

Gang Suppression and Intervention: Community
Models (Research Summary). 1994. 26 pp. NCJ
148202. FREE.
Presents a framework for creating promising
approaches for reducing the problem of youth
gangs. Applies to both chronic and emerging gang
problems. Looks at the roles of the family,
community, schools, police, courts, and
corrections in addressing the gang problem.

Gang Suppression and Intervention: Problem and
Response (Research Summary). 1994. 21 pp. NCJ
149629. FREE.
Provides initial findings from research on the
youth gang problem. Describes a range of
institutional responses and presents
recommendations for promising approaches,
policies, and programs.

Rising Above Gangs and Drugs: How to Start a
Community Reclamation Project. 1995 (third
printing). 266 pp. NCJ 133522. FREE.
Provides step-by-step guidance on how to develop
an effective gang and drug prevention program by
coordinating the activities of law enforcement,
schools, community-based organizations, churches,
businesses, and private citizens.

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General

Drug Recognition Techniques: A Training Program
for Juvenile Justice Professionals (Update on
Programs). 1990. 4 pp. NCJ 128795. FREE.
Discusses OJJDP-sponsored training programs that
teach juvenile justice professionals how to
recognize when youth are under the influence of
drugs or alcohol.

Female Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System
(Statistics Summary). 1996. 28 pp. NCJ 160941.
FREE. 
Analyzes patterns in the arrest, judicial
management, and correctional placement of female
offenders. Contains tables and figures that show
the changing profile of female delinquency between
1983 and 1993.

Gould-Wysinger Awards: A Tradition of Excellence
(Model Programs Bulletin 1993). 1994. 6 pp. NCJ
146840. FREE.
Describes 20 programs recognized through OJJDP's
1993 Gould-Wysinger awards for local achievement
in improving the juvenile justice system and
helping our Nation's youth.

Gould-Wysinger Awards: Mark of Achievement (Model
Programs Bulletin 1992). 1993. 6 pp. NCJ 142730.
FREE.
Highlights 18 programs selected to receive the
Gould-Wysinger award for exceptional achievements
in advancing juvenile justice at the local level.

Innovative Law Enforcement Training Programs:
Meeting State and Local Needs (Juvenile Justice
Bulletin). 1991. 4 pp. NCJ 131735. FREE.
Describes several training programs offered by
OJJDP designed to help law enforcement agencies
improve their juvenile operations and services.

Juvenile Justice. Volume I, Number 1,
Spring/Summer 1993. 36 pp. NCJ 141870. FREE.
Features summaries of OJJDP-funded research on
conditions of confinement and parentally abducted
children and an interview with a juvenile court
judge on the challenges currently facing the
Nation's juvenile justice system.

Juvenile Justice. Volume I, Number 2, Fall/Winter
1993. 34 pp. NCJ 145300. FREE.
Highlights an interview with Attorney General
Janet Reno on a national agenda for children. Also
includes articles on approaches to dealing with
delinquency, total quality management, and the
Gould-Wysinger Awards.

Juvenile Justice. Volume II, Number 1,
Spring/Summer 1994. 26 pp. NCJ 148407. FREE.
Provides a summary of initial findings from
OJJDP's longitudinal study on the causes and
correlates of delinquency. Also includes articles
on disproportionate minority representation in the
juvenile justice system and permanency planning
for children in foster care.

Juvenile Justice. Volume II, Number 2, Fall/Winter
1995. 30 pp. NCJ 152979. FREE.
Offers a retrospective look at the creation and
development of the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 1974.
Features a review of progress made in the
deinstitutionalization of status offenders, one of
the JJDP Act's core requirements. 

Juvenile Justice. Volume III, Number 1. December
1996. 32 pp. NCJ 161410. FREE.
Features a description of the balanced and
restorative justice model as a promising new
approach to juvenile justice, and an overview of
the use of satellite teleconferencing to deliver
training and information to a diverse audience.
Also includes an article on the Intensive 
Community-Based Aftercare Programs initiative.

Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A Focus on
Violence (Statistics Summary). 1995. 33 pp. NCJ
153570. FREE.
Provides information and statistics on crime,
violence, and victimization committed by and
against juveniles, extrapolating 1992 data from
various reports. Presents complex information on
juvenile crime using clear, nontechnical writing
and easy-to-understand graphics and tables. This
Summary is an addendum to the 1995 report,
Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report.

Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report.
1995. 188 pp. NCJ 153569. FREE.
Synthesizes the most current and comprehensive
information available on juvenile crime, violence,
and victimization and the juvenile justice system.
Provides the baseline for analyzing trends in the
growth of the juvenile population; the rates of
juvenile arrests, homicides, suicides,
maltreatment, and violent crime victimizations;
and the justice system's response to juvenile
crime.

Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1996 Update on
Violence (Statistics Summary). 1996. 32 pp. NCJ
159107. FREE.
Provides updated information and statistics on
juvenile crime, violence, and victimization,
extrapolating 1994 data from various reports.
Presents complex information on juvenile crime
using clear, nontechnical writing and
easy-to-understand graphics and tables. This
Summary is an addendum to the 1995 report,
Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report.

Minorities and the Juvenile Justice System
(Research Summary). 1993. 18 pp. NCJ 145849. FREE.
Summarizes the findings of OJJDP's study of the
disproportionate minority representation in the
juvenile justice system and offers guidelines for
future research.

Minorities and the Juvenile Justice System (Full
Report). 1992. 176 pp. NCJ 139556. $15.00 (U.S.),
$19.50 (Canada and other countries).
Discusses the role that minority status plays in
the processing of youth through the juvenile
justice system. Examines trends in minority youth
crime and case processing, reviews research
literature, analyzes data from two States to
determine the extent of disparate treatment, and
offers policy and program recommendations.

National Juvenile Justice Statistics Assessment:
An Agenda for Action. 1989. 60 pp. NCJ 119764.
FREE.
Assesses the quality and usefulness of existing
national statistics on juvenile victims and
juvenile offenders.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Brochure. 1996. 23 pp. NCJ 144527.
FREE.
Presents an overview of the activities and program
priorities of the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, including descriptions of
responsibilities performed by the agency's seven
components. Provides sources for further
information.

State Challenge Activities. 1996. 7 pp. NCJ
163055. FREE. 
Describes the criteria for Challenge Grant
eligibility and delineates the 10 Challenge
Activities set forth in the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act. A graph and table
illustrate the nature of each State's selected
Challenge Activities for FY 1995.

Challenge Activities Program Areas. 
A series of papers describing each challenge
activity. Available electronically only.

Challenge Activity A: Developing and adopting
policies and programs to provide basic health,
mental health, and appropriate education services,
including special education, for youth in the
juvenile justice system as specified in standards
developed by the National Advisory Committee for
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention prior
to October 12, 1984.

Challenge Activity B: Developing and adopting
policies and programs to provide access to counsel
for all juveniles in the justice system to ensure
that juveniles consult with counsel before waiving
the right to counsel.

Challenge Activity C: Increasing community-based
alternatives to incarceration by establishing
programs and developing and adopting a set of
objective criteria for the appropriate placement
of juveniles in detention and secure confinement.

Challenge Activity D: Developing and adopting
policies and programs to provide secure settings
for the placement of violent juvenile offenders by
closing down traditional training schools and
replacing them with secure settings with
capacities of no more than 50 violent juvenile
offenders, with ratios of staff to youth large
enough to secure adequate supervision and
treatment.

Challenge Activity E: Developing and adopting
policies to prohibit gender bias in placement and
treatment and establishing programs to ensure that
female youth have access to the full range of
health and mental health services, treatment for
physical or sexual assault and abuse, self-defense
instruction, education in parenting in general,
and other training and vocational services.

Challenge Activity F: Establishing and operating a
State ombudsman office for children, youth, and
families to investigate and resolve complaints
relating to action, inaction, or decisions of
providers of out-of-home care to children and
youth that may adversely affect the health,
safety, welfare, or rights of resident children
and youth.

Challenge Activity G: Developing and adopting
policies and programs designed to remove, where
appropriate, status offenders from the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court to prevent the
placement in secure detention facilities or secure
correctional facilities of juveniles who are
nonoffenders or who are charged with or who have
committed offenses that would not be criminal if
committed by an adult.

Challenge Activity H: Developing and adopting
policies and programs designed to serve as
alternatives to suspension and expulsion from
school.

Challenge Activity I: Increasing aftercare
services for juveniles involved in the justice
system by establishing programs and developing and
adopting policies to provide comprehensive health,
mental health, education, and vocational services,
and services that preserve and strengthen the
families of such juveniles.

Challenge Activity J: Developing and adopting
policies to establish: (1) a State administrative
structure to coordinate program and fiscal
policies for children who have emotional and
behavioral problems and their families among the
major child-serving systems; and (2) a statewide
case review system with procedures to ensure that
each youth has a case plan; the status of each
youth is reviewed periodically; a dispositional
hearing is held to consider the future status of
each youth under State supervision; and a youth's
health, mental health, and education record is
reviewed and updated periodically.

Study of Tribal and Alaska Native Juvenile Justice
Systems. 1992. 305 pp. NCJ 148217. $15.00 (U.S.),
$19.50 (Canada and other countries).
Presents an overview of Native American and Alaska
Native juvenile justice systems, including a
historical overview, analysis of offenses and
tribal responses, program resources, and promising
approaches.

Urban Delinquency and Substance Abuse -- Initial
Findings (Research Summary). 1994. 27 pp. NCJ
143454. FREE.
Summarizes preliminary findings of longitudinal
research on the causes and correlates of juvenile
delinquency. Examines the age of onset and
prevalence of delinquency, drug use, and other
problem behaviors and youths' relationships to
peers and family. Characteristics of effective
intervention programs are also described.

Urban Delinquency and Substance Abuse: Technical
Report and Appendices. 1993. 400 pp. NCJ 146416.
$25.60 (U.S.), $29.90 (Canada), $36.90 (other
countries).
Provides a comprehensive description of the
findings from the first 3 years of OJJDP's Program
of Research on the Causes and Correlates of
Delinquency. Discusses the research methodology
and findings and offers relevant policy-related
observations.

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Missing and Exploited Children

Addressing Confidentiality of Records in Searches
for Missing Children (Final Report). 1995. 284 pp.
NCJ 155183. $15.00 (U.S.), $19.50 (Canada and
other countries).
Assesses and makes recommendations regarding
access by law enforcement in missing children
cases to the records held by schools, hospitals,
child welfare agencies, and various shelters. Also
includes a State-by-State breakdown of the various
legal restraints on and requirements for the
release of agency record information.

Child Abuse: Prelude to Delinquency? 1985. 75 pp.
NCJ 104275. $10.50 (U.S.), $15.00 (Canada), $15.50
(other countries).
Examines and synthesizes empirical research on the
link between child abuse and juvenile delinquency
and offers recommendations for policy and future
research. 

Child Victimizers: Violent Offenders and Their
Victims. 1996. 28 pp. NCJ 153258. FREE.
Jointly published by the Bureau of Justice
Statistics (BJS) and OJJDP, this report highlights
the findings of research on the most serious types
of child abuse and victimization -- those offenses
for which a term of imprisonment was imposed or in
which the child was murdered. Examines the
characteristics of the offenses, the offenders,
and the victims involved. 

Child Victimizers: Violent Offenders and Their
Victims (Executive Summary). 1996. 3 pp. NCJ
158625. FREE.
Jointly published by BJS and OJJDP, this executive
summary presents statistics on offenses against
children, offenders, child victims, and child
murder victims. Also includes a detailed table and
figures.

The Compendium of the North American Symposium on
International Child Abduction: How to Handle
International Child Abduction Cases. 1993. 928 pp.
NCJ 148137. $17.50 (U.S.), $75.00 (Canada and
other countries).
Contains comprehensive resource materials on the
Hague Child Abduction Convention and other
remedies for international child abduction cases,
presented at the North American Symposium on
International Child Abduction in 1993. Also
includes four diskettes of applicable case law.

Court Appointed Special Advocates: A Voice for
Abused and Neglected Children in Court (Juvenile
Justice Bulletin). 1997. 4 pp. NCJ 164512. FREE.
Describes how the Court Appointed Special
Advocates (CASA) program meets the immediate
safety needs of abused and neglected children. The
program supplements the work of child protective
services and juvenile justice systems. A full list
of CASA organizations and contact information is
provided for those interested in starting programs
in their communities.

Federal Resources on Missing and Exploited
Children: A Directory for Law Enforcement and
Other Public and Private Agencies. 1996. 126 pp.
NCJ 161475. FREE. 
Provides a compilation of the many services,
programs, publications, and training that address
child sexual exploitation, child pornography,
child abduction, and missing children. This
directory represents an effort to enhance
coordination of delivery of Federal services to
missing and exploited children and their families.

Law Enforcement Policies and Practices Regarding
Missing Children and Homeless Youth (Full Report).
1993. 217 pp. NCJ 143397. $13.00 (U.S.), $15.10
(Canada), $20.80 (other countries).
Describes the background, methodology, major
findings, and recommendations of the
OJJDP-sponsored research project on runaway,
thrownaway, family abduction, and nonfamily
abduction cases known to police. Police response,
factors associated with that response, and
parent/caretaker satisfaction are also discussed.

Law Enforcement Policies and Practices Regarding
Missing Children and Homeless Youth (Research
Summary). 1993. 25 pp. NCJ 145644. FREE.
Summarizes major findings of OJJDP's National
Study of Law Enforcement Policies and Practices
Regarding Missing Children and Homeless Youth,
including recommendations for improving police
response.

Missing and Abducted Children: A Law Enforcement
Guide to Case Investigation and Program
Management. 1994. 220 pp. NCJ 151268. FREE.
Limited quantity available.
Provides guidance to law enforcement officers
investigating family abductions, abductions by
nonfamily members, and runaway children. Also
contains information on general investigative
techniques, crisis media relations, investigative
resources, management issues, and testifying in
court. 

Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway
Children in America, First Report: Numbers and
Characteristics, National Incidence Studies. 1990.
251 pp. NCJ 123668. $14.40 (U.S.), $17.20
(Canada), $24.60 (other countries).
Discusses the background, methodology, and
findings from the 1988 National Incidence Studies
of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway
Children (NISMART), which provided the first
reliable estimates of the incidence of five
categories of missing children. Presents
recommendations for future research and discusses
policy implications.

Missing Children: Found Facts (Juvenile Justice
Bulletin). 1990. 4 pp. NCJ 130916. FREE.
Describes the background, methodology, and major
findings of the 1988 NISMART report. Figures in
this Bulletin address the detailed criteria for
each category of missing children: family
abduction; nonfamily abduction; runaways and
thrownaways; and lost, injured, or otherwise
missing children.

Obstacles to the Recovery and Return of Parentally
Abducted Children (Full Report). 1993. 877 pp. NCJ
144535. $28.00 (U.S.), $33.50 (Canada), $52.50
(other countries).
Presents research results identifying the legal,
policy, procedural, and practical obstacles to the
location, recovery, and return of parentally
abducted children and includes recommendations to
help overcome or reduce these obstacles.

Obstacles to the Recovery and Return of Parentally
Abducted Children (Research Summary). 1994. 21 pp.
NCJ 143458. FREE.
Outlines civil and criminal justice responses to
the problem of parental abductions, including
recommendations for further action by
congressional and State officials, juvenile
justice professionals, citizens, and other
interested groups.

OJJDP Annual Report on Missing Children, 1990.
1990. 102 pp. NCJ 130582. FREE.
Summarizes OJJDP initiatives funded during fiscal
year 1990 regarding missing and exploited
children. 1989 and 1988 Annual Reports are also
available.

Parental Abductors: Four Interviews (Video, VHS
format). 1993. 43 minutes. NCJ 147866. $12.50
(U.S.), $19.00 (Canada), $22.00 (other countries).
Features interviews with four parental abductors
who discuss motives for abducting their children,
their experiences while in hiding, and the
consequences of their actions.

Portable Guides to Investigating Child Abuse.
Serve as practical references to help law
enforcement and social service personnel determine
if a child was abused and collect evidence
necessary for effective prosecution. The Portable
Guides provide basic information on the most
critical aspects of investigations of child abuse
and neglect. The series currently includes the
following seven titles:

Battered Child Syndrome: Investigating Physical
Abuse and Homicide. 1996. 16 pp. NCJ 161406. FREE.
Contains practical information on the
circumstances that point to the willful rather
than the accidental injury or death of an infant
or child and the specific evidence required to
prove it. It places special emphasis on obtaining
an expert medical examination, immediately
documenting the injuries through photographs, and
collecting and preserving physical evidence.

Child Neglect and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
1996. 16 pp. NCJ 161841. FREE.
Defines the concept of parental duty and explores
the interconnections between poverty and neglect.
Also addresses Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a
form of child abuse in which the caregiver
fabricates the child's purported illness.

Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse. 1996. 11 pp.
NCJ 161235. FREE. 
Provides information on techniques to detect
evidence of skeletal, intracranial, and other
types of trauma that are often the first signs of
child abuse. Also contains diagnostic
recommendations regarding shaken baby syndrome.
 
Interviewing Child Witnesses and Victims of
Sexual Abuse. 1996. 24 pp. NCJ 161623. FREE.
Provides practical information for law enforcement
officers, child protection workers, child abuse
investigators, and others who need to obtain
information from children who may be victims or
witnesses of child sexual abuse. Discusses basic
considerations for the proper collection of
information while focusing on particular
techniques for interviewing children.

Photodocumentation in the Investigation of Child
Abuse. 1996. 14 pp. NCJ 160939. FREE. 
Provides valuable pointers regarding the selection
and use of camera equipment, film, and
photographic techniques that are most appropriate
for use in cases of suspected child abuse.

Recognizing When a Child's Injury or Illness Is
Caused by Abuse. 1996. 23 pp. NCJ 160938. FREE.
Discusses the investigator's role and
responsibility in handling suspected child abuse
cases. Also includes information on injuries and
conditions that could be related to abuse.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Child Sexual
Abuse. 1996. 15 pp. NCJ 160940. FREE.
Outlines the common symptoms of sexually
transmitted diseases which, when found in young
children, are often signs of sexual abuse.
Presents investigative techniques that utilize the
presence of a sexually transmitted disease to
assist in identifying or eliminating suspects in
these cases.

Sexual Exploitation of Missing Children: A
Research Review. 1988. 48 pp. NCJ 114273. FREE.
Limited quantity available.
Evaluates research findings from 1978 to 1988
about the prevalence, dynamics, and effects of
sexual exploitation among missing children.

Stranger Abduction Homicides of Children (Juvenile
Justice Bulletin). 1989. 6 pp. NCJ 115213. FREE.
Analyzes 9 years of FBI homicide data (1976 to
1984) and presents estimates of the number of
children abducted and murdered in the United
States each year.

Using Agency Records To Find Missing Children: A
Guide for Law Enforcement (Program Summary). 1996.
20 pp. NCJ 154633. FREE.
Provides information and ideas designed to assist
law enforcement officers in obtaining and using
records from various human service providers in
order to locate missing children. Both mandated
and voluntary access to records from schools,
medical care providers, child welfare agencies,
and various shelters are discussed.

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Restitution

Juvenile Restitution Management Audit. 1989. 17
pp. NCJ 115215. FREE. Limited quantity available.
Provides guidelines and checklists for managers of
juvenile restitution programs to assist in
examining and assessing the functions and
capabilities of their programs with respect to how
they meet specific goals.

Liability and Legal Issues in Juvenile
Restitution. 1990. 24 pp. NCJ 115405. FREE.
Addresses legal concerns faced by juvenile
restitution programs, community service agencies,
and juvenile employers. Provides guidance for
avoiding liability and ensuring that restitution
programs are fair and protective for all parties.

National Trends in Juvenile Restitution
Programming. 1989. 12 pp. NCJ 115214. FREE.
Limited quantity available.
Traces trends in juvenile restitution programming
from 1977 to 1986 to provide policymakers with
information and guidance on program operations.

Restitution Experience in Youth Employment: A
Monograph and Training Guide to Jobs Components.
1989. 47 pp. NCJ 115404. FREE. Limited quantity
available.
Presents a model curriculum for the development of
employment programs within juvenile restitution
programs.

Victim-Offender Mediation in the Juvenile Justice
System. 1990. 16 pp. NCJ 120976. FREE.
Presents survey findings showing how mediation is
used in the juvenile justice system. Describes
programs, examines their effectiveness, and
compares mediation with other sanctions.

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Status Offenders

Runaways in Juvenile Court (Update on Statistics).
1990. 7 pp. NCJ 124881. FREE.
Analyzes juvenile court runaway records by rate of
referral, demographics, disposition, and use of
detention. 

Truancy: First Step to a Lifetime of Problems
(Juvenile Justice Bulletin). 1996. 7 pp. NCJ
161958. FREE.
Discusses truancy as a major problem in this
country, both for youth and society. Highlights
seven communities whose truancy reduction programs
are achieving good results through innovative
approaches that involve schools, law enforcement,
families, businesses, judicial and social service
agencies, and community and youth service
organizations.

Unlocking the Doors for Status Offenders: The
State of the States. 1995. 85 pp. NCJ 160803.
$16.50 (U.S.), $20.00 (Canada and other
countries).
Commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act and
examines States' progress toward achieving the
deinstitutionalization requirement. Provides
insight into the history, current status,
accomplishments, and outstanding challenges of the
JJDP Act.

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Violence and Victimization

Child Development-Community Policing: Partnership
in a Climate of Violence (Juvenile Justice
Bulletin). 1997. 8 pp. NCJ 164380. FREE.
Describes a unique collaborative program between
the New Haven, Connecticut, Department of Police
Service and the Child Study Center at the Yale
University School of Medicine to address the
psychological impact of chronic exposure to
community violence on children and families. This
program serves as a national model for
police/mental health partnerships across the
country.

Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to
Implementing Programs in Schools, Youth-Serving
Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice
Settings (Program Report). 1996. 134 pp. NCJ
160935. FREE.
Provides a reference tool that offers both basic
information and the experience of experts to
assist educators and other youth-serving
professionals in building effective conflict
resolution education programs. The Guide is based
on a shared vision that youth of all ages can
learn to deal constructively with conflict and
live in civil association with one another.

Conflict Resolution for Youth: Programming for
Schools, Youth-Serving Organizations, and
Community and Juvenile Justice Settings --
Satellite Teleconference (Video, VHS format).
1996. 150 minutes. NCJ 161416. $17.00 (U.S.),
$21.00 (Canada and other countries). 
Presents videotaped proceedings of a
teleconference held in 1996 that promotes the
incorporation of conflict resolution strategies
into programming for schools and other settings,
provides information on the availability of
training and consultation resources, and outlines
various approaches to conflict resolution.

Guide for Implementing the Comprehensive Strategy
for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile
Offenders. 1995. 255 pp. NCJ 153681. FREE.
Provides communities with a framework for
preventing delinquency, intervening in early
delinquent behavior, and responding to serious,
violent, and chronic offending. Identifies
effective prevention and intervention programs and
offers a blueprint for assessing their present
juvenile justice system and planning new programs
that respond to community needs.

Guide for Implementing the Comprehensive Strategy
for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile
Offenders (Update on Programs). 1995. 6 pp. 
NCJ 153571. FREE.
Serves as an introductory piece for OJJDP's
framework for preventing delinquency, intervening
in early delinquent behavior, and responding to
serious, violent, and chronic offending.
Highlights key points of the Comprehensive
Strategy and summarizes the Guide's implementation
components.

Gun Acquisition and Possession in Selected
Juvenile Samples (Research in Brief). 1993. 11 pp.
NCJ 145326. FREE. 
Jointly sponsored by the National Institute of
Justice and OJJDP. Summarizes the results of a
study that investigated the numbers and types of
arms owned by a group of 835 serious juvenile
offenders and 758 students from schools in
high-risk areas.

Habitual Juvenile Offenders: Guidelines for
Citizen Action and Public Responses. 1991. 94 pp.
NCJ 141235. FREE.
Provides information and guidelines for action
that may be used by the public to obtain public
policy, legislative, and political responses to
the problem of habitual juvenile offenders.
Includes a sample interagency agreement and sample
legislation.

Reducing Youth Gun Violence: An Overview of
Programs and Initiatives (Program Report). 1996.
74 pp. NCJ 154303. FREE.
Summarizes current Federal and State legislation
to reduce youth gun violence and describes
state-of-the-art prevention and intervention
programs as well as Federal and local partnerships
in implementing these laws and programs. Includes
directories of programs, organizations, and
research aimed at reducing youth gun violence.

State Responses to Serious and Violent Juvenile
Crime (Research Report). 1996. 61 pp. NCJ 161565.
FREE.
Documents and analyzes national changes in the
handling of serious and violent juvenile offenders
from 1992 to 1995. Implications for policy and
practice are offered as considerations for
lawmakers and policymakers.

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OJJDP Fact Sheets

OJJDP continues to expand its collection of Fact
Sheets. OJJDP Fact Sheets are 2-page summaries
that highlight key points and sources for further
information on the programs and initiatives of
OJJDP. They are available from OJJDP's Juvenile
Justice Clearinghouse in a variety of media to
support your information needs. Printed copies can
be obtained through the mail , via fax-on-demand
(call 800-638-8736; select option 1 for automated
ordering services and option 2 for fax-on-demand
instructions), or online through the publications
section of OJJDP's World Wide Web page
(http://www.ncjrs.org/ojjhome.htm).

FS009762 Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training
Center Program

FS009761 The Missing and Exploited Children's
Program

FS009760 Delays in Juvenile Court Processing of
Delinquency Cases

FS009759 The Juvenile Drug Court Movement

FS009758 Accountability-Based Sanctions

FS009757 Juvenile Court Processing of Delinquency
Cases, 1985-1994

FS009756 Detention and Delinquency Cases, 1985-
1994

FS009755 Conflict Resolution

FS009754 The Juvenile Delinquency Probation
Caseload, 1985-1994

FS009753 Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Court,
1985-1994

FS009752 Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal
Court, 1985-1994

FS009751 Juvenile Firesetting and Arson

FS009750 Adolescent Motherhood: Implications for
the Juvenile Justice System

FS009749 Due Process Advocacy

FS009648 Person Offenses in Juvenile Court, 1985-
1994

FS009647 Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Courts,
1994

FS009646 Delinquency Development Statements for
Fiscal Year 1995

FS009645 A Guide for Implementing Teen Court
Programs

FS009644 The Gould-Wysinger Awards: A Tradition of
Excellence

FS009643 An Introduction to the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention

FS009642 Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ)

FS009641 Department of Justice Programs for
Missing and Exploited Children

FS009640 A Comprehensive Response to America's
Youth Gang Problem

FS009639 Information Sharing and the Educational
Rights and Privacy Act

FS009638 SafeFutures: Partnerships To Reduce Youth
Violence and Delinquency

FS009637 Training of Staff in Juvenile Detention
and Correctional Facilities

FS009636 Juvenile Boot Camps: Lessons Learned

FS009635 Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive
Action Program

FS009534 Parental Kidnapping

FS009533 Gould-Wysinger Awards

FS009532 National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children

FS009531 Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention

FS009530 YES: Youth Environmental Service
Initiative

FS009529 Hate Crime

FS009528 National Youth Gang Center

FS009527 Juvenile Admissions to State Custody,
1993

FS009526 VOCA: Helping Victims of Child Abuse

FS009525 Juveniles in Public Facilities, 1993

FS009524 Juvenile Delinquency Development
Statements

FS009523 Juvenile Admissions to State Custody,
1992

FS009522 The JJDP Act Mandates: Rationale and
Summary

FS009421 Violent Families and Youth Violence 

FS009420 What Works: Promising Interventions in
Juvenile Justice

FS009419 Juveniles and Violence: Juvenile
Offending and Victimization

FS009418 Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 1992

FS009417 Juvenile Victimization: 1987-1992

FS009416 Are Juveniles Driving the Violent Crime
Trends?

FS009415 Violent Crimes Cleared by Juvenile Arrest

FS009414 Juvenile Violent Crime Arrest Rates 1972-
1992

FS009413 1992 Juvenile Arrests

FS009412 Gangs

FS009411 Disproportionate Minority Confinement

FS009410 Person Offense Cases in Juvenile Court

FS009409 Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Courts,
1991

FS009408 Family Strengthening for High-Risk Youth

FS009407 Meeting the Mandates

FS009406 Delinquency Prevention

FS009305 Children in Custody 1991: Public
Facilities

FS009304 Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile
Offenders: A Comprehensive Strategy

FS009302 Children in Custody 1991: Private
Facilities

FS009301 Conditions of Confinement in Juvenile
Detention and Correctional Facilities

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OJJDP National Training and Technical Assistance
Center

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP), through a cooperative
agreement with Community Research Associates
(CRA), has established the National Training and
Technical Assistance Center. The Center seeks to
upgrade and expand the professional skills of
juvenile justice and delinquency prevention
practitioners and increase their capacity to
reduce youth crime and improve the juvenile
justice system. This mission is pursued through
the operation of a resource data base and
clearinghouse and the provision of training and
technical assistance to State and local agencies.

The Center collects and organizes OJJDP training
and technical assistance resources and products
through a resource data base and clearinghouse
that contain a variety of information related to
each OJJDP contractor and grantee, including
training and technical assistance products and
available services. In addition, the Center
compiles and disseminates a training and technical
assistance resource catalog that provides a brief
overview of the organizations and a description of
the programs funded by OJJDP in each fiscal year.
Information, training, and/or technical assistance
requests can be matched with the appropriate OJJDP
resource(s) through the use of the resource data
base, clearinghouse, and catalog. Other Center
activities include coordinating a training and
technical assistance network of leading planners,
practitioners, and scholars; conducting ongoing
assessments of training and technical assistance;
and scheduling focus groups at national juvenile
justice conferences. 

Anyone in the juvenile justice field can access
the Center's services by calling 800-830-4031.
Copies of the Resource Catalog (NCJ 164724) are
available from the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse.
Use the order form at the end of this document or
request copies via telephone at 800-638-8736 or 
e-mail at askncjrs@ncjrs.org. The Resource Catalog
is also available online from OJJDP's home page at
www.ncjrs.org/ojjhome.htm. Select the section on
Conferences and Training and look for Other
Conferences and Training Resources, which includes
the Resource Catalog and a brochure about the
Center.

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OJJDP Online

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP) home page has a new look. To
advance its mission to provide national
leadership, coordination, and juvenile delinquency
prevention resources, OJJDP has redesigned its
World Wide Web site (www.ncjrs.org/ojjhome.htm).
Our site now offers a more efficient approach to
finding useful juvenile justice information and
resources. Specific components of the site
include:

o About OJJDP features authorizing legislation,
Agency annual reports, communication from the
Administrator, a subscription to and postings 
from our electronic newsletter JUVJUST, issues of
Juvenile Justice, and contact information for our
clearinghouse.

o Comprehensive Strategy introduces information
and resources that support OJJDP's comprehensive
strategy and framework approach to addressing
juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. The
components of the Strategy are presented with
links to key publications, resources, and
referrals. 

o Grants and Funding presents past and current
Agency funding opportunities and application kits,
Federal application forms, the current Agency
program plan and priorities, other available
juvenile justice-related funding opportunities,
and resources that track and assist with grants
and proposals. 

o News and Resources provides juvenile justice
information and resources from across the country,
including contact lists for State agencies and
organizations, highlights and contact information
for Agency grantees, news highlights, and
collaborative efforts such as the Coordinating
Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention.

o Publications offers highlights and links for
full-text Agency publications, including Fact
Sheets, the OJJDP Publications List, OJJDP
electronic resources, and other available juvenile
justice-related publications. 

o Conferences, Training, and Technical Assistance
provides highlights of upcoming Agency-sponsored
conferences, including the teleconference series,
information on training and technical assistance
opportunities, access to OJJDP's Conference
Calendar, and links to other conferences and
conference calendars.

o Highlights features juvenile justice news and
additions to the home page.

o Search supports a mechanism to search the site
by key terms and phrases.

We invite you to visit our new site and would
welcome your comments and suggestions. Submit them
to roy@ojp.usdoj.gov.

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How To Subscribe To JUVJUST

JUVJUST, an electronic mailing list, is your link
to the latest juvenile justice information from
OJJDP and the field. Announcements are sent out
once or twice per week.

Although there is no cost to participate in
JUVJUST, users must have access to Internet
e-mail. Please take a moment and subscribe using
these three steps:

o Send an e-mail message to listproc@ncjrs.org.

o Leave the subject line blank.

o Type subscribe juvjust your name in the body of
the message.

If you need technical assistance, please send an
e-mail message to: askncjrs@ncjrs.org.

OJJDP is interested in your feedback about
JUVJUST. Please send your comments and suggestions
to: earl@ojp.usdoj.gov.