Corrections Community

A survey describing the characteristics of juveniles who committed suicide while confined has been published by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. This is the first national survey to examine the social history and demographic characteristics of the 110 juveniles who committed...

The National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ), with funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention , (OJJDP) has published a report examining juvenile delinquency cases between 1985 and 2005. Also included is data regarding petitioned status offense cases between 1995 and 2005...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released juvenile arrest data drawn from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Crime in the United States 2006 . Among the findings: Juvenile arrests for violent crimes increased modestly in 2005 and 2006. However, as the...