This is the final report on the process evaluation of the aftercare services program of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Juvenile Justice Services (BJJS), prepared by the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) for the Pennsylvania…
One of the goals of Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system is the ‘imposition of accountability’ for offenses committed. This White Paper takes the position that true accountability requires juvenile offenders to repair the harm caused by…
This is Chapter One of the Disproportionate Minority Contact Technical Assistance Manual, titled Identification and Monitoring. It presents the latest method for calculating and analyzing disproportionality, and discusses lessons learned about the power of data.…
This article reports juvenile death rate statistics from the 2004 Juvenile Residential Facility Census. Highlights: The overall death rate was 2.8 per 10,000 juveniles held. ‘Suicide was the most commonly reported cause of death in…
In this article, the author describes researchers’ efforts to use both experimental studies and meta-analyses as different ways to conduct program evaluation research. Download Publication
This is a set of slides from a presentation by Melissa Sickmund of the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ), at the 2006 National Institute of Justice conference. It highlights the findings about delinquency and…
‘Utilizing the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97), this federally supported study provides criminal justice practitioners and policymakers with an overview of problem and law-violating behavior of juveniles and young adults. Key findings from the…
This is an executive summary of the process evaluation of the aftercare services program of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Juvenile Justice Services (BJJS), prepared by the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) for the Pennsylvania…
This booklet provides instruction and guidance to local juvenile courts and probation departments on racial coding of juveniles involved in Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system in conjunction with reporting juvenile delinquency dispositions to the Juvenile Court…
Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report presents comprehensive information on juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and on the juvenile justice system. This OJJDP National Report brings together the latest available statistics from a variety…
This document highlights the statistical findings of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) publication Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report. It lists notable statistics in each of its seven-chapter areas: juvenile…
Presents statistics on person offense cases processed by juvenile courts in 2002. Download Publication