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Resource: Updates to Statistical Briefing Book on Juveniles in Residential Placement
These updates to the Statistical Briefing Book include information on juveniles in residential placement, such as a new data snapshot summarizing trends, state-level FAQs on juveniles in corrections, and national crosstabs, state profiles, and state comparisons. Policymakers, the media, and the general public can use this resource to gain quick access to detailed statistics on these topics.
Resource: Mentoring as a Component of Reentry
This resource (PDF, 45 pages), developed by the National Reentry Resource Center, provides recommendations to help community-based organizations integrate adult mentoring into existing reentry programming. This resource can also help organizations build effective partnerships with correctional agencies, learn about promising practices in adult mentoring, such as peer mentoring, and increase effective data collection and evaluation through stronger collaboration between reentry programs and research partners.
Resource: 5 Ways Juvenile Court Judges Can Use Data
This brief, published by the National Center for Juvenile Justice with support from OJJDP, provides specific examples of how juvenile court judges can use aggregate data to learn more about their courtroom practices and the jurisdictions they serve. This brief was developed as part of the Juvenile Justice Model Data Project, which seeks to improve the quality and consistency of juvenile justice data. Juvenile court judges can use this resource to improve the functioning of their courtrooms and outcomes for youth appearing before the court.
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: 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.