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All OJJDP publications may be viewed and downloaded at ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/publications. Print publications may also be ordered from the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse (order online at puborder.ncjrs.gov or call 800–851–3420). Now Available Lessons Learned From Safe Kids/Safe Streets. Summarizes the experiences of five sites in implementing Safe Kids/Safe Streets projects, which seek to break the cycle of early child maltreatment and subsequent behavioral problems. (November 2006, NCJ 213682)
Coming Soon A Family Resource Guide on International Parental Kidnapping, 2nd Edition. Comprehensive update of a guide presenting practical, detailed information on how to prevent an international parental kidnapping, stop an abduction in process, locate and recover an abducted child, and bring an abductor to justice. (November 2006, NCJ 215476) Juvenile Court Statistics 2001-2002. Profiles more than 1.6 million delinquency cases handled by courts with juvenile jurisdictions in 2002 and describes trends since 1985. Includes State- and county-level data for both 2000 and 2001.New Online Information Sharing Guidelines A new online Report from OJJDP, Guidelines for Juvenile Information Sharing (November 2006, NCJ 215786), suggests a course of action for State and local efforts to improve information sharing among key agencies involved with at-risk youth and juvenile offenders. Drawing on the experience and expertise of leaders from youth-serving agencies and information technology initiatives throughout the country, the guidelines integrate the three critical components of juvenile information sharing—collaboration, confidentiality, and technology—into an effective developmental framework.Juvenile Court Statistics Three new online Fact Sheets highlight selected statistics from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive:
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Web Page OJJDP's Web site includes a Faith-Based and Community Initiatives page, reflecting the Office's commitment to ensuring a level playing field for all organizations that serve America's youth. The page provides information on outreach activities, programs, and publications. NCJRS Web Site Enhancements The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Web site (www.ncjrs.gov) offers access to more than 185,000 publications and other resources on a wide range of justice-related topics. A recent redesign of the site incorporated a number of new elements and modified search tools to make it easier to find information. New features include searchable questions and answers, an expanded list of search topics, and links to government agencies and organizations. Manual for Introducing Juvenile Offenders to Community Service Giving Back: Introducing Community Service Learning, developed by the Constitutional Rights Foundation through an OJJDP grant, provides skill-building strategies and materials to give juvenile offenders a sense of community. Giving Back is a useful resource for youth courts and other juvenile justice agencies seeking to apply school-based learning methods to court-mandated community service. The manual is available on the CRF Web site at In the Pipeline: Girls Study Group Series FBI data for 1991 to 2000 suggest that arrests of girls have increased more (or decreased less) than arrests of boys for most types of offenses. However, questions remain about whether these trends reflect an actual increase in girls' delinquency or changes in societal responses to girls' behavior. To answer these questions, OJJDP convened the Girls Study Group. The Group's purpose is to establish a theoretical and empirical foundation to guide the development, testing, and dissemination of strategies to reduce or prevent girls' involvement in delinquency and violence. OJJDP is planning a series of Girls Study Group Bulletins to present the Group's findings. The series will examine issues such as patterns of offending among adolescents and how they differ for girls and boys; risk and protective factors associated with delinquency, including gender differences; and the causes and correlates' of girls' delinquency. |
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Use of Computers in the Sexual Exploitation of Children, Second Edition. Describes the behavioral characteristics of sexual predators who target children, offers best practices for investigations involving computer evidence, and sets forth the legal principles governing the search and seizure of computer systems. Print copy only. (December 2006, NCJ 214167)