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OJJDP News @ a Glance, November 2024

The November newsletter highlights OJJDP's 2024 National Conference on Youth Justice, a three-day event celebrating 50 years of progress in youth justice and looking ahead to the field's next half century. The newsletter also spotlights the Office’s $420 million in fiscal year 2024 discretionary grants.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Processing of Delinquency Cases, 2005-2022

In this data snapshot, data from OJJDP's National Juvenile Court Data Archive is used to trend case processing variations. Since 2005, referral rates for delinquency cases involving Black youth were more than twice the rates for all other groups.

Trends and Characteristics of Delinquency Cases Handled in Juvenile Court, 2022

In this data snapshot, OJJDP's National Juvenile Court Data Archive documents workloads of the nation's juvenile courts. Caseloads for all offenses increased between 2021 and 2022, but remained below pre-pandemic levels.

Building and Improving Relationships between Youth and Law Enforcement (Day 1)

This is the first day of the National District Attorneys Association's two-day virtual training, held August 5 and 6, 2024, "Building and Improving Relationships between Youth and Law Enforcement: Strategies for Effective Programs and Collaborations".

Building and Improving Relationships between Youth and Law Enforcement (Day 2)

This is the second day of the National District Attorneys Association's two-day virtual training, held August 5 and 6, 2024, "Building and Improving Relationships between Youth and Law Enforcement: Strategies for Effective Programs and Collaborations".

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Annual Reports describe the Office's activities in a specified fiscal year.​

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OJJDP's growing multimedia collection includes updates from OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan, archived webinars on specific solicitations, training sessions, and more.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library
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NCJRS Virtual Library

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library contains bibliographic information and abstracts of more than 250,000 collection resources, including all known Office of Justice Programs' works.