Disproportionate minority contact

Redline Version Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act As Amended by the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018

Date Published

March 2019

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description

Agencies

OJJDP

Exploring Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System Over the Year Following First Arrest

Date Published

2021

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

In Focus: Title II Formula Grants Program

Date Published

March 2023

Series

OJJDP In Focus

Publication Type

Youth-Oriented Material, Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description, Grants and Funding, Factsheet

Agencies

OJJDP

Seven Steps to Develop and Evaluate Strategies to Reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC)

Date Published

January 2005

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance)

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Juvenile Justice System and Risk Factor Data: 2005 Annual Report

Date Published

June 2008

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic)

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorization 2018

Date Published

December 2018

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description

Agencies

OJJDP

Disproportionate Minority Confinement: 1997 Update

Date Published

September 1998

Agencies

OJJDP

Disproportionate Minority Confinement: A Review of the Research Literature From 1989 Through 2001

Date Published

2002

Publication Type

Literature Review

Agencies

OJJDP

Juvenile Arrests 2011

Date Published

December 2013

Series

OJJDP National Report Series

Publication Type

Statistics, Report (Annual/Periodic)

Agencies

OJJDP

Delinquency Cases Involving Hispanic Youth, 2013

Date Published

November 2016

Series

OJJDP National Report Series

Publication Type

Statistics, Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic)

Agencies

OJJDP

Authorizing Legislation

Congress enacted the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act (Pub. L. No. 93-415, 42 U.S.C. § 5601 et seq.) in 1974. This landmark legislation established OJJDP to support local and state efforts to prevent delinquency and improve juvenile justice systems.

In November 2002, Congress reauthorized the JJDP Act. The reauthorization (the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Pub. L. No...

Key Amendments to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Made by the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018

Date Published

June 2019

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description, Instructional Material

Agencies

OJJDP

Multi-Method Study on Risk Assessment Implementation and Youth Outcomes in the Juvenile Justice System

Date Published

April 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Assessing the Role of School Discipline in Disproportionate Minority Contact With the Juvenile Justice System: Final Technical Report

Date Published

August 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

The Number of Juveniles in Residential Placement Reached a New Low in 2015

Date Published

July 2017

Publication Type

Statistics, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Data Snapshot

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

OJJDP 2015 Annual Report - Moving Ahead: Our Commitment To Reforming the Juvenile Justice System

Date Published

March 2018

Series

OJJDP Annual Reports to Congress

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description

Agencies

OJJDP

Assessing a Residential Treatment Program in the Context of Rhode Island's Juvenile Justice Reforms

Date Published

July 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Understanding Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Probation: What Affects Decisions?

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

An Examination of Ethnic Disparities in Arizona's Juvenile Justice System, Final Technical Report

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Police Handling of Juvenile Arrests

Date Published

June 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Implementing Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Reforms: Demonstration Sites in OJJDP's Juvenile Justice Reform and Reinvestment Initiative

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program Description (Demonstrative)

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored