Sources National Center for Health Statistics. 2003. U.S. Census Populations with Bridged-race Categories. Online http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/popbridge/popbridge.htm.Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 2001 and 2003. Juvenile Residential Facility Census 2000 and 2002 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census (producer). Snyder, H. 2004. Juvenile Arrests 2002. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Resources The following publications may be viewed and downloaded at ojjdp.ncjrs.org/publications. Juvenile Arrests 2003. Summarizes and analyzes national and state juvenile arrest data presented in the FBI report Crime in the United States 2003 (Bulletin, 2005, NCJ 209735). Juvenile Court Statistics 2000. Profiles more than 1.6 million delinquency cases handled by juvenile courts in 2000 and reviews judicial trends since 1985 (Report, 2005, NCJ 209736). Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report. Presents comprehensive information on juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and on the juvenile justice system (Report, 1999, NCJ 178257). Note: An updated edition of the National Report is scheduled for publication in 2006. Juveniles in Corrections. Presents the latest available national and state-level data from the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (National Report Series Bulletin, 2004, NCJ 202885). An OJJDP Bulletin on the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement is scheduled for release in 2006. The Bulletin will present information on juveniles’ custody experiences, past offense histories, education, victimization, and other topics, based on interviews with youth in residential placement. OJJDP’s Statistical Briefing Book (ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb) is a comprehensive online resource covering various topics related to delinquency and the juvenile justice system. The Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement Databook, accessible through the Briefing Book, contains a large set of predefined tables detailing the characteristics of juvenile offenders in residential placement facilities. The Compendium of National Juvenile Justice Data Sets, also available through the Briefing Book, is an online resource for researchers that is intended as an aid to investigations of juvenile offending, victimization, and contact with the juvenile justice system. The compendium summarizes data sets, including the Juvenile Residential Facility Census, and provides information on sampling, data collection procedures, instrumentation (including data collection forms), key variables, quality controls, periodicity, representativeness, data access procedures, and contacts for further information.
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