The JJAB has two broad mandates: (1) measure, evaluate, and report on outcomes of young people who are referred to the DJJ; and (2) assess the degree to which policies and practices of government agencies support legislative goals for the juvenile justice system. The first mandate requires the JJAB to examine and report on cases referred to the DJJ each year and on unduplicated young people who receive services from the DJJ. In fulfilling its second mandate, the JJAB seeks to be aware of the activities of judges, law enforcement agencies, court clerks, prosecutors, public and private defenders, contract service providers, and service districts of the DJJ. The 1996 annual report details the JJAB's vision, mission, and goals and summarizes JJAB activities and projects. The focus is on juvenile case processing, juvenile programs, juvenile aftercare, truancy, juvenile transfers to criminal court, Florida's Juvenile Justice Code, young chronic offenders, and community outreach. The Juvenile Justice Fact Book contains information on the history of Florida's juvenile justice system, juvenile crime prevention, juvenile arrests, juvenile assessment centers, delinquency intake, juvenile detention and diversion, juvenile courts, youthful offenders, and juvenile justice funding in Florida. Tables and figures