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Resource: Updates to Statistical Briefing Book on Homicide Data
These updates to the Statistical Briefing Book include the addition of FAQs regarding juvenile homicide victims and juvenile homicide offending. The Easy Access to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Supplementary Homicide Reports data analysis tool provides 30 years of national and state data on homicide victims and offenders. Policymakers, the media, and the public can use these resources to gain quick access to detailed statistics on these topics.
Report: Spotlight on Juvenile Justice Initiatives: A State by State Survey
This report (PDF, 53 pages), developed by the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice, highlights the results of a state-level survey of juvenile justice initiatives from 34 states as reported by their State Advisory Groups.
Resource: Focused Deterrence of High-Risk Individuals: Response Guide No. 13
This guide, developed by the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, describes the concept of focused deterrence initiatives (FDI), administering and leading an FDI, and applying focused deterrence to specific crime problems. Police and police departments can use this guide to design and implement local FDIs.
Resource: Arts-Based Programs and Arts Therapies Literature Review
This literature review (PDF, 9 pages) explores recent research on arts-based programs and arts therapies for at-risk, justice-involved, and traumatized youth. It describes the theoretical foundation that supports the use of these therapies, outcome evidence found in the literature, and model program descriptions. Youth-serving professionals can use this resource to learn about programs that have demonstrated positive impacts on youth. Researchers can use it to understand the current state of research on this topic and to explore how future studies can address how and in which optimal conditions the arts can directly impact youth.
Resource: Arts-Based Programs and Arts Therapies Webpage
This webpage from the Model Programs Guide provides summaries and ratings of arts-based programs and arts therapies for at-risk, justice-involved, and traumatized or victimized youth. Youth-serving professionals and organizations can use this information when looking for interventions to implement.
Report: The Prevalence of Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships Among Children and Adolescents
This report (PDF, 12 pages) uses data from a nationally representative sample to describe the nature of safe, stable, nurturing relationships (SSNR) among children and youth. It provides a comprehensive assessment of SSNR factors, examines interrelationships among different indicators of SSNRs, and investigates the consequences of SSNRs for child and adolescent mental health.
Report: Data Snapshot on Hispanic Youth Delinquency Cases
This snapshot (PDF, 1 page) uses data from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive to highlight trends and processing characteristics of delinquency cases involving Hispanic youth.
Resource: Diversion Programs I-Guide
This I-Guide, developed to enhance the information available from the Model Programs Guide, provides an overview of the common implementation process for diversion programs, references a variety of diversion research, and includes useful suggestions on how to deal with challenges in implementation. Juvenile justice professionals can use this guide as they prepare to implement a pre-adjudication diversion program.
Report: Spotlight on Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
This data snapshot (PDF, 1 page) focuses on trends and characteristics of girls at various stages in the juvenile justice system, including arrest, the juvenile court process, and residential placement.
Resource: Leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act to Improve Educational Services in Juvenile Justice Facilities
This policy brief (PDF, 12 pages), developed by the American Youth Policy Forum, the National Reentry Resource Center, and the Council of State Governments Justice Center, provides information to state and local policymakers as well as education and juvenile justice leaders about how to use requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act to improve education and workforce outcomes for youth in long-term juvenile justice facilities.
Resource: Updates to Statistical Briefing Book
These updates to the Statistical Briefing Book include access to National Incident-Based Reporting System data and provides new answers to frequently asked questions that describe the annual number and rates of juvenile arrests, juvenile arrest rates by offense and race, and petitioned status offense cases handled in juvenile court.
Resource: Interactions Between Youth and Law Enforcement
This literature review (PDF, 31 pages), a product of the Model Programs Guide, discusses the research relevant to interactions between police and youth. It describes the prevalence of police-youth interactions, factors that influence such interactions, the role of law enforcement in the juvenile justice system, and the outcome evidence of programs developed to help improve police-youth encounters. Professionals and policy makers can use this resource as they work to develop and improve prevention programs, police-led diversion programs, and community-based policing programs.