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From the Administrator
If accepting the consequences of one's behavior characterizes a responsible individual, promoting personal accountability is the responsibility of a just society. In enacting the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants (JAIBG) Program, Congress sought to encourage States to hold delinquent youth responsible for their offenses through accountability-based sanctions.
This Bulletin, one in a series of JAIBG Best Practices papers, provides an overview of graduated, community-based sanctions that seek to restore the broken bonds between the juvenile offender and the victimized community. This is essential, for, as the author observes, it is not sufficient that offenders be called to account for their offenses; they must also realize the consequences of their misdeeds and accept responsibility for them.
It is my hope that this Bulletin will advance that end.
Shay Bilchik
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Developing and Administering Accountability-Based Sanctions for Juveniles
Patrick Griffin
Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of OJJDP or the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office for Victims of Crime.
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