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The 8% Solution
Fact Sheet, November 2001. Explains that the prevalence of serious juvenile delinquency could be reduced significantly by identifying and treating the eight percent of juveniles who are at risk of becoming chronic offenders when they first come in contact with the juvenile justice system. 6 pages. FS 200139.
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Allegheny County, PA: Mobilizing to Reduce Juvenile Crime
Bulletin, June 1997. Describes the development of the communitywide collaborative process designed to reduce juvenile crime and violence in Allegheny County, documents examples of the program's achievements, and examines the reasons for the program's success. 12 pages. NCJ 165693. |
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America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006
Report, July 2006. Presents statistics about children’s economic security, health, behavior, social environment, and education. 18 pages. NCJ 214787.
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America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2005
Report, July 2005. Presents statistics about children’s economic security, health, behavior, social environment, and education and provides features on children with asthma, children with specified blood lead levels, and parental reports of children’s emotional and behavioral difficulties. NCJ 210533.
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Arts and Performances for Prevention
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, January 2000. Teaches youth how to use music, drama, dance, and visual arts programs to draw attention to problems in their communities, educate others on the benefits of crime prevention, and suggest ways to prevent crime. 8 pages. NCJ 178927.
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Beyond the Walls: Improving Conditions of Confinement for Youth in Custody
Report, January 1998. Sets forth six ideas for improving conditions of confinement and the quality of care received by juveniles in training schools and detention centers. 120 pages. NCJ 164727. |
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Bridging the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems
Bulletin, June 1995. Describes four programs that present opportunities for collaboration between the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. 4 pages. NCJ 152155. |
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Child Delinquency: Early Intervention and Prevention
Bulletin: Child Delinquency Series, May 2003. Presents valuable information on the nature of child delinquency and describes early intervention and prevention programs that effectively reduce delinquent behavior. 20 pages. NCJ 186162.
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Child Delinquency: Early Intervention and Prevention Videoconference
Videotape: OJJDP Teleconference Series, November 2000. Presents key findings of OJJDP's Study Group on Very Young Offenders, features effective and promising intervention and prevention programs, analyzes the implications of dealing with seriously disruptive children in the preschool and early elementary school years. View the broadcast on the Juvenile Justice Teleconferencing Web site. NCJ 185594.
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Children’s Exposure to Violence: The Safe Start Initiative
Fact Sheet, April 2001. Presents an overview of the Safe Start Initiative, which is designed to prevent and reduce the impact of violence on young children and their families. 2 pages. FS 200113.
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Coach's Playbook Against Drugs: Portable Guide
Guide, 1998. Equips high school, junior high school, and middle school coaches with valuable information on why students use drugs, how drugs affect performance, and what coaches can do to keep students and players drug free. 22 pages. NCJ 173393.
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Combating Violence and Delinquency: The National Juvenile Justice Action Plan Report
Report, March 1996. Provides a framework and strategy for action to address juvenile violence and victimization that face community members—including youth—and the juvenile justice system. 212 pages. NCJ 157106. |
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Combating Violence and Delinquency: The National Juvenile Justice Action Plan Summary
Summary, March 1996. Summarizes the National Juvenile Justice Action Plan, an eight-point statement of objectives and strategies designed to strengthen state and local initiatives to reduce juvenile violence and victimization, increase the capacity of the juvenile justice system to respond, and prevent delinquency. 41 pages. NCJ 157105. |
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Communities Working Together
Videotapes: Teleconference Videotape Series, June 1995. Reviews the collaborative process and provides examples of programs that communities that use the process in preventing or intervening in delinquency, violence, substance abuse and other problems. NCJ 160946.
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Community Assessment Centers: A Discussion of the Concept's Efficacy
Unpublished paper, November 1995. Discusses the potential benefits of Community Assessment Centers, examines how OJJDP currently addresses issues of importance in intervening with at-risk and delinquent youth, and discusses how OJJDP may address the concept of Community Assessment Centers in fiscal year 1996. 19 pages. NCJ 161858. |
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Community Cleanup
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, July 1999. Defines community cleanup projects as those that bring together volunteers to clean, repair, and improve public spaces or other areas that have been neglected, vandalized, or misused. 6 pages. NCJ 171690.
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Community Prevention Grants Program
Fact Sheet: In Focus, October 2009. Provides an overview of OJJDP’s Community Prevention Grants program, which funds collaborative, community-based delinquency prevention efforts. 4 pages. NCJ 227345.
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Community Responses to Truancy: Engaging Students in School Videoconference
Videotape: OJJDP Teleconference Series, April 2003. Reviews the collaborative process and provides examples of programs and communities that use the process in preventing or intervening in delinquecy, violence, substance abuse, and other problems. View the broadcast on the Juvenile Justice Teleconferencing Web site. NCJ 199584.
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Compendium of Programs That Work for Youth
Fact Sheet, November 1999. Provides a synopsis of information from MORE Things That DO Make a Difference for Youth: A Compendium of Evaluations of Youth Programs and Practices, volume II, a publication of the American Youth Policy Forum. 2 pages. FS 99121.
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Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools, Youth-Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings; Program Report
Report, October 1996. Designed for educators, juvenile justice practitioners, and others in youth-serving organizations to heighten awareness of conflict resolution education and its potential to help settle disputes peacefully in various settings. 144 pages. NCJ 160935. |
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Conflict Resolution for Youth: Programming for Schools, Youth-Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings
Videotape: Teleconference Videotape Series, May 1996. Promotes conflict resolution strategies for schools, youth-serving organizations, and community and juvenile justice settings; discusses conflict resolution training and consultation resources; and highlights different approaches discussed in Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools, Youth-Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings. View the broadcast on the Juvenile Justice Teleconferencing Web site. NCJ 161416.
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Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention
Fact Sheet, February 1999. Presents an overview of a recent RAND report, Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions. 2 pages. FS 9994.
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Creating Publications: Write To Fight Crime
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, April 2000. Describes how youth can create publications to help inform, persuade, and motivate their audience. 8 pages. NCJ 179000.
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Creating Safe and Drug-Free Schools: An Action Guide
Guide, September 1996. Presents background information on school safety; action steps for schools, parents, students, and community and business groups; and information briefs on topics such as truancy, alternative education programs for expelled students, and conflict resolution. 97 pages. NCJ 163064. |
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Cross-Age Teaching
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, July 1999. Describes cross-age teaching programs for youth, in which youth share their skills and knowledge with persons either younger or older than they are. 8 pages. NCJ 171688.
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Cuando su hijo desaparecido: una guía de supervivencia para la familia (Spanish, 2004 update, revised)
Report, May 2004; revised from 1998 and 2002. Provides Parents with insights into what families should do when a child is missing. 109 pages. NCJ 212870.
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Cultural Explanations for Vietnamese Youth Involvement in Street Gangs-- Final Report
Report, June 1998. Examines gang involvement among Vietnamese American youth in Westminster, CA, and provides recommendations for the development of effective community-based programs to prevent gang membership and delinquency. 97 pages. NCJ 180955. |
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Curfew: An Answer to Juvenile Delinquency and Victimization?
Bulletin, April 1996. Examines recent developments in curfew ordinances, legal issues related to curfews, how jurisdictions have responded to legal challenges, the elements of sound community-based curfew programs, and examples of curfew programs and services from seven jurisdictions. 12 pages. NCJ 159533. |
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Delinquency Prevention
Fact Sheet, February 1994. Describes OJJDP's Title V Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs, which was established by Congress in response to the need for local, comprehensive, delinquency prevention planning and programs for youth who have had or are likely to have contact with the juvenile justice system. 2 pages. FS 9406. |
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Does Your Youth Program Work?
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, April 2000. Helps youth get started in evaluating their youth programs. 6 pages. NCJ 179001.
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Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice Videoconference
Videotape: OJJDP Teleconference Series, March 2003. Addresses the significance of prevention, education, and transition/aftercare in reducing the risk that youth with disabilities will become involved in the juvenile justice system. NCJ 199595.
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Effective Programs for Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile Offenders: An Examination of Three Model Interventions and Intensive Aftercare Initiatives: National Satellite Teleconference
Videotape: Teleconference Videotape Series, October 1995. Highlights three unique intervention strategies and provides information on the importance of effective intensive aftercare programs. NCJ 160947.
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Employment and Training for Court-Involved Youth
Report, November 2000. Presents a compendium of the opinions and concerns of an OJJDP task force about current conditions that affect court-involved youth and identifies the most promising strategies for connecting court-involved youth to the labor market. 106 pages. NCJ 182787. |
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Employment and Training for Court-Involved Youth: An Overview
Fact Sheet, April 1999. Provides an overview of the OJJDP Report Employment and Training for Court-Involved Youth. 2 pages. FS 99102.
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Employment and Training for Court-Involved Youth Videoconference
Videotape: OJJDP Teleconference Series, February 2001. Discusses key findings from the OJJDP Report Employment and Training for Court-Involved Youth, provides guidance in designing and implementing training programs that meet the needs of employers, and highlights promising programs and effective strategies for linking court-involved youth to the job market. NCJ 186403.
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Family Skills Training for Parents and Children
Bulletin: Family Strengthening Series, April 2000. Features the Strengthening Families Program, which serves culturally and geographically diverse families and their children throughout the nation. 12 pages. NCJ 180140.
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Family Strengthening for High-Risk Youth
Fact Sheet, March 1994. Discusses Effective Parenting Strategies for Families of High-Risk Youth; the program was carried out by an interdisciplinary team composed of family researchers at the University of Utah and policy scientists at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. 2 pages. FS 9408. |
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The Gould-Wysinger Awards
Fact Sheet, October 1995. Describes OJJDP's Gould-Wysinger Awards, which recognize federally funded youth services programs and projects that advance the objectives of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, and promote a standard of excellence for program development and implementation in juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. 2 pages. FS 9533. |
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Green Book Demonstration
Fact Sheet, May 2001. Provides information on an integrated approach to family violence. 2 pages. FS 200121.
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Guide for Implementing the Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders
Guide, May 1995. Provides guidance and resources to help states, cities, and communities implement OJJDP's Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders. 269 pages. NCJ 153681. |
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Guidelines for Juvenile Information Sharing
Report, October 2006. Provides comprehensive guidelines for State and local efforts to improve information sharing among key agencies involved with at-risk youth and juvenile offenders. Available online only. 37 pages. NCJ 215786.
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Guiding Principles for Promising Female Programming: An Inventory of Best Practices
Report, October 1998. Outlines the promising practices in programming for girls who are already involved in the juvenile justice system or those who are at risk of delinquency. Available online only. NCJ 173415.
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Hands Without Guns
Fact Sheet: Youth in Action Series, July 1999. Provides information on Hands Without Guns, a public health and education campaign designed to combat gun violence by providing a forum for positive youth voices. 2 pages. YFS 9903.
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High/Scope Perry Preschool Project
Bulletin, October 2000. Reviews the High/Scope Perry Preschool Project, an early childhood education program established in 1962; reviews the results of an ongoing study of the program; explains how and why the program was successful on several outcome measures; and examines the implications for future policy decisions. 8 pages. NCJ 181725. |
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How Families and Communities Influence Youth Victimization
Bulletin, November 2003. Examines how individual, family, and community factors influence the risk for nonlethal violence among U.S. youth ages 12–17. 12 pages. NCJ 201629.
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How Shall We Respond to the Dreams of Youth? Videoconference
Videotape: Teleconference Videotape Series, June 2000. Highlights effective interventions and model programs that serve the needs of troubled youth. NCJ 182438.
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Incredible Years Training Series
Bulletin: Family Strengthening Series, July 2000. Describes the Incredible Years Parents, Teachers, and Children Training Series developed by Dr. Carolyn Webster-Stratton. 24 pages. NCJ 173422.
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Intensive Aftercare for High-Risk Juveniles: Policies and Procedures
Summary, September 1994. Provides assistance to corrections agencies as they develop juvenile aftercare programs to meet the needs of chronic and serious juvenile offenders. 41 pages. NCJ 147712. |
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Investing in Youth for a Safer Future
Fact Sheet, April 1999. Presents an overview of the Investing in Youth for a Safer Future public education campaign. 2 pages. FS 9998.
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Job Training for Juveniles: Project CRAFT
Fact Sheet, August 1999. Describes the Community Restitution and Apprenticeship Focused Training program (Project CRAFT), which is sponsored by the Home Builders Institute, the educational arm of the National Association of Home Builders. 2 pages. FS 99116.
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Juvenile Female Offenders: A Status of the States Report
Report, October 1998. Describes state efforts to develop and implement programs and policies to address issues related to female juvenile offenders and female juveniles at risk of delinquency and status offenses. 121 pages. NCJ 174464. |
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Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume IX, Number 1 (Causes and Correlates)
Journal: Juvenile Justice Journal, September 2004. Focuses on research that assess how and why children become delinquent, including its value in preventing and combating delinquency. 40 pages. NCJ 203555.
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Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume VII, Number 3 (Parenting Issue)
Journal: Juvenile Justice Series, December 2000. Highlights the importance of parent-child relationships and features ways to strengthen the capacity of families to make crucial contributions to their children's welfare. 36 pages. NCJ 184746.
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Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume I, Number 2 (National Agenda for Children Issue)
Journal: Juvenile Justice Series, Fall/Winter 1993. Presents an interview with Attorney General Janet Reno in which she outlines the need for a national agenda for children. 40 pages. NCJ 145300.
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Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume II, Number 1 (Serious Problems Issue)
Journal: Juvenile Justice Series, Spring/Summer 1994. Describes OJJDP's Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Juvenile Delinquency, outlines OJJDP's Disproportionate Minority Confinement Program, and explores issues related to the court-ordered placement of children who have suffered from abuse or neglect. 32 pages. NCJ 148407.
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Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume III, Number 1 (Community-Based Juvenile Justice Issue)
Journal: Juvenile Justice Series, December 1996. Describes community-based efforts to institute restorative justice measures and to provide aftercare services to juvenile offenders. 39 pages. NCJ 161410.
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Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume III, Number 2 (Youth Violence Issue)
Journal: Juvenile Justice Series, September 1997. Presents two different, but complementary, articles about encouraging progress in reducing youth gun violence and in the overall effort to combat juvenile violence and delinquency. 31 pages. NCJ 165925.
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Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume IV, Number 1 (Juvenile Justice at the Crossroads)
Journal: Juvenile Justice Series, May 1998. Describes the proceedings of OJJDP's national conference, "Juvenile Justice at the Crossroads," and presents many of the program concepts discussed in the conference workshops, including juvenile crime, responses to juvenile crime, and delinquency prevention. Available Online only. NCJ 165926.
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Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume VI, Number 1 (Focus on Girls Issue)
Journal: Juvenile Justice Series, October 1999. Presents three feature articles, each exploring issues related to girls in the juvenile justice system. 40 pages. NCJ 178254.
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Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume VII, Number 2 (American Indian Issue)
Journal: Juvenile Justice Series, December 2000. Presents three feature articles, each of which provides a compendium of information on preventing and combating delinquency among American Indian youth. 40 pages. NCJ 184747.
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Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume VIII, Number 1 (School Violence Issue)
Journal: Juvenile Justice Series, June 2001. Examines the nature of school violence and reviews promising approaches to creating safe schools and resolving conflicts peacefully. 40 pages. NCJ 188158.
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Juvenile Justice Reform Initiatives in the States: 1994-1996
Report, October 1997. Identifies and analyzes issues and trends associated with state juvenile justice reform initiatives that took place between 1994 and 1996; issues examined include juvenile violence, street gangs, delinquency prevention, boot camps, and juvenile transfer. 93 pages. NCJ 165697. |
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Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP), 1998 Report to Congress
Report, December 1998. Reviews the principles guiding OJJDP's approach to juvenile crime prevention and the community environment impacting that approach. 65 pages. NCJ 173424.
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Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report
Report, March 2006. Presents comprehensive information on juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and on the juvenile justice system. 260 pages. NCJ 212906.
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Law Enforcement Referral of At-Risk Youth: The SHIELD Program
Bulletin, November 2000. Describes an innovative program that facilitates early identification and treatment of at-risk youth. 8 pages. NCJ 184579.
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Lessons Learned From Safe Kids/Safe Streets
Bulletin, November 2006. Provides results from an evaluation of the Safe Kids/Safe Streets program in six sites throughout the United States. 12 pages. NCJ 213682.
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Make a Friend -- Be a Peer Mentor
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, July 1999. Presents peer mentoring programs for youth (those that match older youth with young students in one-on-one relationships) as a way to prevent or reduce crime. 8 pages. NCJ 171691.
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Making the Most of Your Presentation
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, March 2000. Describes how youth can create a presentation that will get their message across effectively to those who need to hear it. 8 pages. NCJ 178997.
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Matrix of Community-Based Initiatives
Summary, May 1995. Briefly describes major federal and private initiatives that focus on violence prevention and economic development and identifies jurisdictions throughout the nation that are implementing these initiatives. 55 pages. NCJ 154816. |
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Meetings--Make Them Work!
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, September 1999. Describes the characteristics of a good meeting and provides youth with straightforward advice on how to conduct productive meetings and keep meetings moving in a positive direction. 8 pages. NCJ 171692.
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Mentoring for Youth in Schools and Communities
Videotape: Teleconference Videotape Series, September 1997. Provides community-based organizations with information and resources to build successful mentoring programs. NCJ 166376.
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Mentoring Matters Videoconference
Videotape: OJJDP Teleconference Series, February 2003. Highlights the importance of mentoring as an effective approach to delinquency prevention; examines mentoring in community, faith-based, school, and work settings; and shares strategies for recruiting mentors effectively. NCJ 198416.
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National Evaluation of the Title V Community Prevention Grants Program
Report, June 2006. Presents findings from a national evaluation of the Title V Community Prevention Grants Program that examined sites in six states. Available online only. 241 pages. NCJ 212214.
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National Evaluation of the Title V Community Prevention Grants Program
Fact Sheet, November 2001. Describes the national evaluation of the Title V Community Prevention Grants Program, which supports the implementation of collaborative and community-based delinquency prevention plans. 2 pages. FS 200137.
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The National Youth Network
Fact Sheet: Youth in Action Series, March 1998. Describes the National Youth Network, which recognizes the importance of youth leadership by uniting young people and adults to enable youth organizations and nonaffiliated youth to have a positive impact in communities and throughout the nation. 2 pages. YFS 9801.
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Nurturing Parenting Programs
Bulletin: Family Strengthening Series, November 2000. Describes the Nurturing Parenting Programs, a family-centered parenting initiative designed to address the generational cycle of violence in which parents rear children in the context of the violence they experienced as children. 12 pages. NCJ 172848.
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OJJDP: Direction and Focus for 2002 and Beyond Videoconference
Videotape: OJJDP Teleconference Series, December 2001. Presents the agency's Program Plan for 2002, which outlines future funding activities generated by several of the agency's congressional appropriations, and focuses on a new faith-based and community-based initiative. NCJ 191773.
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OJJDP Annual Report 2008
Report, March 2009. Describes OJJDP’s activities and accomplishments during fiscal year (FY) 2008. 100 pages. NCJ 225036.
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OJJDP Formula Grants Program Overview
Fact Sheet, September 2004. Provides an overview of OJJDP’s Formula Grants Program, which supports state and local delinquency prevention efforts and juvenile justice system improvements. 2 pages. FS 200402.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, Volume III, Number 6 (November/December 2004)
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance
, December 2004. OJJDP’s bimonthly newsletter presents notices of agency activities, recent publications, funding opportunities, and upcoming events, includes a special feature on athletic programs sponsored by OJJDP. 4 pages. NCJ 207328.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, Volume III Number 3 (May/June 2004)
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, May 2004. Presents notices of agency activities, recent publications, funding opportunities, and upcoming events, includes a special feature on Big Brothers Big Sisters 100th anniversary celebration. 6 pages. NCJ 205365.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, Volume II, Number 1 (January/February 2003)
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance Series, January 2003. Presents notices of OJJDP activities, publications, funding opportunities, and events; includes features on OJJDP priorities for 2003, National Mentoring Month, and the National Summit on Child Prostitution. 6 pages. NCJ 198473.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, July/August 2005
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, August 2005. Includes special features on OJJDP’s recently enhanced online Model Programs Guide, OJJDP’s participation in the Federal Partnership for Disadvantaged Youth, and other topics. Available online only. NCJ 210414.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, July/August 2009
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, July/August 2009. Features a new report recommending comprehensive dependency court improvements for American Indian/Alaska Native children; information on the upcoming Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws conference; recent visits to OJJDP by delegations from the United Kingdom, Spain, and Brazil to learn more about the Office’s programs; and a Tribal Youth Program grant that enabled American Indian youth to travel to the Oregon Statehouse to view lawmakers at work. Available online only. NCJ 227625.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance November/December 2008
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, November/December 2008. Highlights the Department of Justice’s launch of a month-long media campaign, as part of OJJDP’s Project Safe Childhood initiative to combat the online exploitation of children. Available online only. NCJ 224618.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2008
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2008. Features National Mentoring Month, AMBER Alert Awareness Day, and OJJDP’s involvement in numerous conference and training programs. Available online only. NCJ 221373.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2009
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2009. Features a farewell to the field from outgoing Administrator J. Robert Flores in which he provides an overview of accomplishments and highlights during his tenure. The issue also includes an evaluation of OJJDP’s Gang Reduction Program, a feature on a program to reduce underage drinking among Tribal Youth, and upcoming OJJDP training sessions. Available online only. NCJ 225359.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, July/August 2006
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, July/August 2006. Highlights the OJJDP-supported gang reduction program, Homeboy Industries, the conference on Child Advocacy Centers, and a report on the upcoming National Youth Court Month. Available online only. NCJ 214739
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, March/April 2008
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, March/April 2008. Features OJJDP conferences for faith-based and community organizations, the OJJDP Administrator’s and Deputy Administrator’s remarks at several events, training sessions for new and experienced disproportionate minority contact coordinators, and a preview of OJJDP’s national youth gang symposium. Available online only. NCJ 222388.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, May/June 2006
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, May/June 2006. Includes a special feature highlighting the U.S. Department of Justice’s 2-part webcast, “Preventing Gangs in Our Communities,” which was supported by OJJDP and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Available online only. NCJ 214512
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, November/December 2005
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, November/December 2005. Includes features on the Children’s Advocacy Center initiative to address the problems of victimized children, and OJJDP’s support for faith-based and community-based efforts to help at-risk youth. Available online only. NCJ 211992.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, November/December 2007
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, November/December 2007. Features the testimony of OJJDP Administrator Robert J. Flores at the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary's hearing on reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act and the Fifth Regional Conference on Helping America's Youth. Available online only. NCJ 220298.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, September/October 2006
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, September/October 2006. Includes a special feature on two recent OJJDP-sponsored conferences that addressed the topic of child protection, the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act and a review of upcoming training events. Available online only. NCJ 215775.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, September/October 2007
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, September/October 2007. Includes a feature on a national leadership conference sponsored by the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Program, First Lady’s appearance at a Helping America’s Youth regional conference, the launch of Europe’s first peer panel, and an OJJDP State Relations and Assistance Division training conference. Available online only. NCJ 219940.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, September/October 2008
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, September/October 2008. Highlights the OJJDP guide for child abduction survivors, You’re Not Alone: The Journey From Abduction to Empowerment, which was recently featured on a national television talk show. Available online only. NCJ 224013.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, Volume II, Number 3 (May/June 2003)
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance Series, May 2003. OJJDP's bimonthly newsletter presents notices of agency activities, recent publications, funding opportunities, and upcoming events. This issue also includes special features on National Youth Service Day and National Missing Children's Day. 4 pages. NCJ 199996.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, Volume II, Number 6 (November/December 2003)
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance Series, November 2003. Presents notices of agency activities, recent publications, funding opportunities, and upcoming events, includes a special feature on OJJDP's mentoring-related activities. 6 pages. NCJ 202802.
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OJJDP's Tribal Youth Initiatives
Bulletin, May 2003. Describes OJJDP's efforts to assist tribal communities in addressing risk factors for delinquency, including substance abuse and mental health issues. 8 pages. NCJ 193763.
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An Overview of the Title V Community Prevention Grants Program
Fact Sheet, May 2001. Describes OJJDP's Community Prevention Grants program, which focuses on reducing risk factors and enhancing protective factors to prevent youth from entering the juvenile justice system. 2 pages. FS 200119.
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Personal Safety for Children: A Guide for Parents
Guide, 1998. Advises parents how to talk to children about safety and how to keep children safe and provides tips to children about how they can protect themselves. 16 pages. NCJ 196166.
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Plan a Special Event
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, July 1999. Explains how youth can plan special events or activities to focus community attention on important issues such as child safety or drug abuse prevention. 8 pages. NCJ 171689.
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Planning a Successful Crime Prevention Project
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, April 1998. Offers youth guidance on how to plan a successful community crime prevention project, identifies possible project activities, and cites examples of projects youth have planned and implemented. 28 pages. NCJ 170024.
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Preventing Drug Abuse Among Youth: An Overview of Community-, Family-, and School-Based Programs
Videotape: Teleconference Videotape Series, June 1997. Features three proven community-based, family strengthening, and school-based initiatives that are being implemented to empower young people to avoid drug use: Life Skills Training Program, Strengthening Families Program; and San Bernardino Communities Against Drugs, Inc. NCJ 165583.
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Preventing Violence the Problem-Solving Way
Bulletin: Family Strengthening Series, April 1999. Describes the use of interpersonal cognitive problem-solving skills by Raising a Thinking Child, a primary prevention program for parents and their children. 12 pages. NCJ 172847.
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Promising Strategies To Reduce Gun Violence
Report, February 1999. Presents profiles of 60 programs that address the problem of gun violence, examines the nature of the problem from a national perspective, and discusses the process of developing a solution. 262 pages. NCJ 173950.
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Public/Private Ventures’ Evaluation of Faith-Based Programs
Fact Sheet, November 2001. Details a project established by Public/Private Ventures to involve faith-based organizations in partnerships with law enforcement, juvenile justice agencies, and other community organizations; the partnerships were created to address the developmental needs of high-risk youth. 2 pages. FS 200138.
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Raising Awareness and Educating the Public
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, January 2000. Describes how youth can use a public awareness or education project to bring an important issue to their community's attention. 8 pages. NCJ 178926.
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Reducing Youth Gun Violence
Videotape: Teleconference Videotape Series, August 1996. Summarizes the problem of juvenile gun violence, risk factors related to gun violence, and possible strategies to curb gun violence and illustrates promising programs. View the broadcast on the Juvenile Justice Teleconferencing Web site. NCJ 162421.
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Reducing Youth Gun Violence: An Overview of Programs and Initiatives, Program Report
Report, May 1996. Discusses a wide range of youth violence prevention strategies and includes relevant research, evaluation, and legislation to provide a context for successful violence prevention program implementation. 85 pages. NCJ 154303. |
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Reducing Youth Violence: A Comprehensive Approach: Version 2
CD–ROM, September 1999. Provides juvenile justice practitioners, researchers, and policymakers with a broad array of publications and technical assistance and other resources on prevention and intervention programs for at-risk juveniles and those involved with the juvenile justice system. The CD–ROM is not available online. NCJ 167256.
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Report to Congress, 1998: Title V Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs; Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as Amended in 1992 (PL 93-415; 42 U.S.C. 5601 Et Seq)
Report, May 1999. Presents the experiences and accomplishments of states and communities that implement the Community Prevention Grants Program in 1998. 58 pages. NCJ 176342.
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Report to Congress, 1995: Title V Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as Amended in 1992 (PL 93-415; 42 U.S.C. 5601 ET SEQ.): Program Report
Report, March 1996. Presents the experiences and accomplishments of states and communities that implement the Community Prevention Grants Program in1995. 98 pages. NCJ 160942. |
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Report to Congress on Juvenile Violence Research
Report, July 1999. Provides a brief overview of the findings of three existing studies and four new violence studies examining the causes and correlates of serious and violent juvenile offending in urban and rural settings. 41 pages. NCJ 176976.
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Resilient Girls--Factors that Protect Against Delinquency
Bulletin, January 2009. Describes how four factors—presence of a caring adult, school connectedness, school success, and religiosity—affect girls’ propensity towards delinquency. Available online only. 16 pages. NCJ 220124.
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Responsible Fatherhood
Fact Sheet, December 1997. Presents information from a publication of the National Center for Children in Poverty, Map and Track: State Initiatives to Encourage Responsible Fatherhood, which examines the role of states in promoting responsible fatherhood. 2 pages. FS 9773. |
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Risk Factors for Delinquency: An Overview
This article defines risk factors, explains why they are important, and briefly discusses some of the major risk factors linked to delinquency and violence. 11 pages. NCJ 207540. |
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SafeFutures: Partnerships To Reduce Youth Violence and Delinquency
Fact Sheet, June 1996. Provides an overview of the SafeFutures project and describes each of the six SafeFutures sites; the project's coordinated approach of prevention, intervention, and treatment is designed to serve a community's juveniles and encompasses both the human services and juvenile justice systems. 2 pages. FS 9638. |
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School-Wide Education for Violence Prevention, Video
Videotape: OJJDP Teleconference Series, April 2002. Highlights elements of schoolwide strategies deemed effective for violence prevention, including anger management, conflict resolution, social skills training, communications skills, and use of mediation, law enforcement, and legal services. NCJ 194032.
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Second Chances: Giving Kids a Chance To Make a Better Choice
Bulletin, May 2000. Presents profiles of 12 individuals who were petitioned into juvenile court as delinquents when they were young and then went on to lead successful lives. 28 pages. NCJ 181680.
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Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders
Bulletin, May 1998. Provides information on serious and violent juvenile offenders, who are substantially different from typical juveniles involved in delinquent conduct and who are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime. 8 pages. NCJ 170027. |
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Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Risk Factors and Successful Interventions
Videotape: Teleconference Videotape Series, September 1998. Examines a research report by OJJDP's Study Group on Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders that discusses what is known about serious and violent offenders and how we can best prevent offending among high-risk youth and intervene in the lives of serious and violent juvenile offenders. NCJ 172860.
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Short- and Long-Term Consequences of Adolescent Victimization
Bulletin: Youth Violence Research Series, February 2002. Analyzes National Youth Survey data to explore how being a victim of crime during adolescence affects the likelihood of certain negative outcomes in adulthood, including violent and property offending and victimization, domestic violence perpetration and victimization, drug use, and mental health problems. 16 pages. NCJ 191210.
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Stand Up and Start a School Crime Watch!
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, December 1998. Encourages youth to set up school crime watch programs and tells them exactly how to get such programs up and running in their schools. 8 pages. NCJ 171123.
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Strategies To Reduce Gun Violence
Fact Sheet, February 1999. Presents an overview of the findings from Promising Strategies To Reduce Gun Violence, an OJJDP Report that describes 60 programs designed to address gun violence. 2 pages. FS 9993.
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Teens, Crime, and the Community
Fact Sheet: Youth in Action Series, September 1999. Describes the activities and goals of Teens, Crime, and the Community, a national program that combines education and action to reduce teen victimization. 2 pages. YFS 9904.
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Title V Community Prevention Grants Program, 2000 Report to Congress
Report, February 2002. Presents the activities and accomplishments of the Title V Community Prevention Grants Program in 2000. 56 pages. NCJ 190635.
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Title V Community Prevention Grants Program, 2001 Report to Congress
Report, October 2002. Presents the activities and accomplishments of the Title V Community Prevention Grants Program in 2001. 46 pages. NCJ 198482.
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Title V Community Prevention Grants Program, 2002 Report to Congress
Report, July 2004. Provides an overview of the structure of the Community Prevention Grants Program and looks at its conceptual framework, including the importance of delinquency prevention, the research on risk and protective factors, and current knowledge about "what works" in delinquency prevention. 48 pages. NCJ 202019.
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Title V Community Prevention Grants Program, 2003 Report to Congress
Report, May 2005. Reviews the background of the Title V Program; highlights state, local, and federal activities in 2003; describes how states and communities responded to the loss of Title V funds in 2003; and outlines OJJDP’s plans for enhancing the positive impact of limited Title V funds in the future. 32 pages. NCJ 207694.
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Title V Community Prevention Grants Program, 2004–2005 Report to Congress
Report, March 2008. Reviews the background of the Community Prevention Grants Program; highlights State, local, and Federal activities in 2004–2005; and outlines OJJDP’s plans for enhancing the impact of limited Community Prevention Grants Program funds. 40 pages. NCJ 215559.
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Title V Community Prevention Grants Program, 2006-2007 Report to Congress
Report January 2009. Reviews the background of the Community Prevention Grants Program; highlights State, local, and Federal activities in 2006–2007; and outlines OJJDP’s plans for enhancing the positive impact of limited Community Prevention Grants Program funds. 32 pages. Available online only. NCJ 225086.
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Title V Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Report to Congress, 1996
Report, 1996. Presents the experiences and accomplishments of states and communities that implement the Community Prevention Grants Program in 1996. 62 pages. NCJ 165694. |
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Title V Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs, Report to Congress, 1997
Report, March 1998. Presents the experiences and accomplishments of states and communities that implement the Community Prevention Grants Program in 1997. 72 pages. NCJ 170605. |
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Title V Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Report to Congress, 1999
Report, July 2000. Presents the experiences and accomplishments of states and communities that implement the Community Prevention Grants Program in 1999. 55 pages. NCJ 182677. |
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Tool Kit for Creating Your Own Truancy Reduction Program
Tool Kit, February 2007. Outlines critical components of truancy programs such as family involvement, use of incentives and sanctions, developing a support network, and program evaluation. Available online only. NCJ 217271.
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Treating Serious Anti-Social Behavior in Youth: The MST (Multisystemic Therapy) Approach
Bulletin, May 1997. Highlights evaluations of several programs that have implemented the multisystemic therapy approach to the treatment of serious anti-social behavior in adolescents. 8 pages. NCJ 165151. |
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Two Generations -- Partners in Prevention
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, July 1999. Defines intergenerational programs and explains how youth can work with and assist senior citizens in their communities. 8 pages. NCJ 171687.
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United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc.
Fact Sheet: Youth in Action Series, August 2001. Describes United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc., a nonprofit, national network organization promoting personal development, citizenship, and leadership among American Indian/Alaska Native youth. 2 pages. YFS 00107.
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Urban Delinquency and Substance Abuse: Initial Findings Research Summary
Summary, March 1994. Presents findings from three longitudinal surveys being conducted in Denver, CO; Pittsburgh, PA; and Rochester, NY that are examining the causes and correlates of juvenile delinquency and juvenile drug use. 37 pages. NCJ 143454. |
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Violent Families and Youth Violence
Fact Sheet, December 1994. Presents data from the Rochester Youth Development Study to address the following questions: (1) Are children who are victims of maltreatment and abuse during childhood more apt to be violent when they are adolescents? and (2) Are children who are exposed to multiple forms of family violence—not just maltreatment—more likely to be violent? 2 pages. FS 9421. |
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Violent Neighborhoods, Violent Kids
Bulletin, March 2000. Presents findings of research that examined the types of delinquent behavior found among boys living in the three most violent neighborhoods in Washington, DC, and the role that institutions such as families, schools, churches, and youth-serving organizations play in the boys' lives. 16 pages. NCJ 178248.
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Want To Resolve a Dispute? Try Mediation
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, March 2000. Describes how youth can create a mediation program in their communities that will help prevent violence. 8 pages. NCJ 178999.
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Welfare-to-Work Grants and Juvenile Justice Agencies
Fact Sheet, December 1997. Describes welfare-to-work grants, which help eligible youth enter the labor market, obtain the services needed to remain employed, and build a foundation for a productive career. 2 pages. FS 9770. |
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What About Girls? Females and the Juvenile Justice System Videoconference
Videotape: OJJDP Teleconference Series, May 1999. Discusses gender-specific services that address the needs of at-risk girls and female juvenile offenders, examines various approaches and promising program models for girls, and identifies available resources that support gender-specific programming. NCJ 176364.
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Wipe Out Vandalism and Graffiti
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, December 1998. Defines vandalism—emphasizing that it is a crime and not a prank—and provides youth with practical and straightforward advice on how to wipe out vandalism and graffiti in their communities. 8 pages. NCJ 171122.
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Working With the Media
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, March 2000. Describes how youth can publicize their message by working with the media. 8 pages. NCJ 178998.
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YES: Youth Environmental Service Initiative
Fact Sheet, June 1996. Describes the Youth Environmental Service initiative, which increases the capacity of states and communities to treat and rehabilitate delinquent youth and helps to prevent at-risk youth from entering the juvenile justice system. 2 pages. FS 9630. |
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The YMCA’s Teen Action Agenda
Fact Sheet, May 2001. Cites survey findings and notes local YMCA programs designed to reach teens during afterschool hours. 2 pages. FS 200114.
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Youth Crime Watch of America
Fact Sheet: Youth in Action Series, January 1999. Describes Youth Crime Watch of America, Inc. (YCWA), a nonprofit organization that establishes Youth Crime Watch programs throughout the United States and in other countries. 2 pages. FS 9902.
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Youth Environmental Service: Technical Assistance Package
Technical Assistance Package, June 1996. Assists communities in deciding whether to implement a Youth Environmental Service (YES) program and in developing a YES program; YES enhances delinquent youth's skills through work and education programs. 66 pages. NCJ 159763. |
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Youth Environmental Service in Action: Program Summary
Summary, June 1996. Provides background for the Youth Environmental Service (YES) initiative, which enhances delinquent youth's skills through work and education programs, and indepth descriptions of the development and operation of six YES pilot sites. 48 pages. NCJ 159762. |
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Youth for Justice
Bulletin, April 2001. Describes the Youth for Justice program, through which OJJDP works with nonprofit organizations to support law-related education projects. 12 pages. NCJ 186161.
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Youth Gang Programs and Strategies
Summary, August 2000. Outlines programs that have been and are being used to break the appeal of gangs and reduce gang crime violence. 86 pages. NCJ 171154.
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Youth Gangs: An Overview
Bulletin: Youth Gang Series, August 1998. Reviews data and research on youth gangs, outlines the history of youth gangs and their demographic characteristics, and assesses the scope of the problem. 20 pages. NCJ 167249.
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Youth-Oriented Community Policing: National Satellite Teleconference
Videotape: Teleconference Videotape Series, December 1995. Discusses the characteristics of youth-oriented community policing and how it differs from general community-oriented policing and illustrates three unique and effective youth-oriented community policing programs. NCJ 160948.
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Youth Preventing Drug Abuse
Bulletin: Youth in Action Series, December 1998. Encourages youth to set up drug prevention projects in their communities. 8 pages. NCJ 171124.
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YouthBuild U.S.A.
Fact Sheet: Youth in Action Series, May 2001. Describes the YouthBuild program, which harnesses the positive energies of unemployed young adults to rebuild their communities and their own lives through a commitment to work, education, responsibility, and family. 2 pages. YFS 00106.
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