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OJJDP and the National Institute of Justice have released Patterns of Juvenile Court Referrals of Youth Born in 2000. The bulletin describes the patterns of juvenile court referrals of more than 160,000 youth born in 2000 from 903 selected United States counties.
Using data from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive, the bulletin focuses on the demographic and case processing characteristics of youth referred...
OJJDP has updated its Statistical Briefing Book with a new Data Snapshot that shows the decline of youth arrests through 2020. The snapshot draws on national arrest estimates from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The data show the number of arrests involving youth fell 84 percent between 1996 and 2020. The data also show the number of youth arrests for violent crime in 2020 was one-third the...
The Office for Victims of Crime is accepting applications for its FY 2022 Field-Generated Strategies to Address the Criminalization of Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking solicitation.
This program seeks to end the criminalization of minor victims of sex trafficking. The program also aims to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs that support victim-centered, trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and evidence-based responses for minor victims of sex...
