National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

Juvenile Delinquency

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• Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report
  This report draws on data and research to provide a view of juvenile crime across the nation. It provides data on juvenile victimization, offenders, crime, courts, and correctional facilities, and on the juvenile justice system and law enforcement.
• The Importance of Timely Case Processing in Non-Detained Juvenile Delinquency Cases
  This bulletin offers a number of examples of promising practices and programs that can help courts expedite case processing of non-detained delinquency cases.
• FedStats
  FedStats offers online access to the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the federal government. Statistics are available in subject areas including economic and population trends, agriculture, education, energy, environment, health, income, labor, national a
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• National Crime Prevention Council, Teens Crime and the Community
  Teens, Crime, and the Community (TCC) is a national youth program that supports the concept of education and action to create safer, more caring communities for youth by youth. TCC uses education and action to enlighten youth about their chances of victimization and what they can do about it. Sinc
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• US Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
  The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS), a part of the US Department of Education (ED) administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities that are designed to (1) provide financial assistance for drug and violence prevention activ
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• US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  

External Resources

• Risk Factors for Delinquency: An Overview
  Risk factors are relevant to all levels of delinquency. This article defines risk factors, explains why they are important, and briefly discusses some of the major risk factors linked to delinquency and violence.
  Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
• Causes and Correlates of Delinquency Program (PDF 69 KB)
  This publication presents an overview of the delinquency program and the causes and correlates projects, which are designed to improve the understanding of serious delinquency, violence, and drug use by examining how youth develop within the context of family, school, peers, and community.
  Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
• Delinquency Prevention Summaries
  The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has an extensive list of publications and resources on delinquency prevention.
  Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
• The Youngest Delinquents: Offenders Under Age 15 (PDF 191 KB)
  The data presented in this Juvenile Justice bulletin will help policymakers and the public understand the role of younger offenders in juvenile crime and violence.
  Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
• Toward Safe and Orderly Schools - The National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools (PDF 443 KB)
  This report presents findings from a national survey of elementary, middle, and secondary schools. The findings show that problem behavior is widespread and is most common in urban areas and middle schools.
  Federal Partner: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
• Juvenile Delinquents in the Federal Criminal System
  This abstract describes juvenile offenders processed in the federal criminal justice system, including the number of juveniles charged with acts of delinquency, the offenses for which they were charged, the proportion adjudicated delinquent, and the sanctions imposed.
  Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Justice

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Last Updated: 3/27/2008