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Information for this Bulletin was taken from chapters 3 and 5 of Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report. For full listings of sources for these chapters, see pages 84 and 140 of the National Report. Resources Answers to frequently asked questions about juvenile justice statistics as well as periodic updates of data presented in Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report are available on the Internet in the OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book, which can be accessed through the OJJDP home page at www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org through the JJ Facts & Figures prompt. For information on OJJDP initiatives related to the reduction of juvenile crime, violence, and victimization, contact the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse (JJC) at www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org or call 800-638-8736. Also available from OJJDP is the Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report CD-ROM. With the CD-ROM, users can view the full report in a portable document format (PDF). The CD-ROM also provides a comprehensive "educator's kit" that includes the following: statistical information from full-page, presentation-ready graphs (also available for display in Microsoft Powerpoint); data for the graphs (also available in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets); more than 40 source documents in PDF; and links to government Web sites to obtain more information. For information on OJJDP initiatives related to the reduction of juvenile crime, violence, and victimization, contact the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse (JJC) or call 800-638-8736. 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. How To Get Your Free Copy Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report is available online from the OJJDP Web site under the JJ Facts & Figures section and the Publications section or can be ordered from OJJDP's Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse (hard copy NCJ 178257, CD-ROM NCJ 178991). Send an e-mail to puborder@ncjrs.org; call 800-638-8736 (select option 2); or write to the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20849-6000.
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