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Delinquency
Projects and Information
Delinquency Links
Below is a list of links related to other Web sites arranged by category.
Subjects link to same below:
Legislation, Codes, and Other Legal Information
State of California Departments for Juvenile Administration
Status Offenses: Truancy and Other Youth-Only Crimes
Official
California Legislature Legislative Information
Provides current information on California laws, bills in the legislature,
and other useful resources.
Federal
Legislation
This site is named "Thomas," in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson,
and provides similar information as the California legislative site, but
on a federal level.
Library
of Congress
The Library makes its resources available and useful to the Congress and
the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection
of knowledge and creativity for future generations.
Legal
and Self-Help Resources: California Self-Help Center
This Web site will help you find assistance and information, work better
with an attorney, and represent yourself in some legal matters. Specific
information on juvenile delinquency is available here.
National
Center for Youth Law
The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) uses the law to ensure that low-income
children have the resources, support, and opportunities they need for
a healthy and productive future. Much of NCYL's work is focused on poor
children who are additionally challenged by abuse and neglect, disability,
or other disadvantage.
ABA
Juvenile Justice Center
The Juvenile Justice Committee of the American Bar Association Criminal
Justice Section provides an active voice in promoting changes in the juvenile
justice system.
Juvenile
Justice: An Overview, Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute
Provides a good overview of the legal definitions and organization of
the juvenile justice system.
California
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice
The official Web site of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,
Division of Juvenile Justice, which provides an overview of the system,
locations, and facts and statistics. Several resources include:
- Juvenile
Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA)
The JJCPA supports community-based programs that have proved effective in reducing crime and delinquency among at-risk youth and young offenders. A mandated report to the Legislature on the implementation of these programs by counties to address locally identified needs in the continuum of responses to juvenile crime is due each year on May 1 (2007 Report).
- Federal
Juvenile Justice Grants Program
California receives federal grant funds appropriated by Congress under the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDP Act) to develop effective delinquency prevention and intervention programs.
California
Office of the Attorney General
The Office of the Attorney General is responsible for enforcing and applying
all laws fairly and impartially, ensuring justice, and providing safety
for Californians. Some of its resources include:
- Criminal
Justice Statistics Center (CJSC)
The CJSC collects, analyzes, and reports statistical data that provide valid measures of crime and the criminal justice process to government and the citizens of California.
- Publications
A list of publications on criminal justice, many of which contain juvenile delinquency statistics.
California
Youthful Offender Parole Board
The Web site for the California Youthful Offender Parole Board.
SafeState:
Preventing Crime and Violence in California
This site serves as a portal to statewide crime and violence prevention
information and includes sections on gangs and youth violence, violence
in schools, and other topics. There is also the ability to find out various
statistics by county, such as the number of juvenile felony arrests by
year. Created by the California Office of the Attorney General's Crime
and Violence Prevention Center.
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U.S.
Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP)
OJJDP works to prevent delinquency, strengthen the juvenile justice system,
protect children, and enhance public safety. It works with states, local
communities, and tribal jurisdictions to develop and implement effective
programs for juveniles. OJJDP sponsors numerous research, program, and
training initiatives; develops priorities and goals and sets policies
to guide federal juvenile justice issues; disseminates information about
juvenile justice issues; and awards funds to states to support local programming
nationwide. Their home page provides an introductory video (or transcript)
available here.
National
Association of Youth Courts
This site provides informational services, delivers training and technical
assistance, and develops resource materials on how to develop and enhance
youth court programs in the United States. Provides state by state listings:
many of its programs are located in California.
National
Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)-Juvenile Justice Section
NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse
information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
Center
on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
CJCJ provides direct services, technical assistance, and policy research
in the criminal justice field. The Center includes offices in Oakland,
California, and the District of Columbia. Several of its initiatives include:
- California
Juvenile Justice Reentry Partnership (CJJRP)
A new collaborative effort to improve outcomes for youth released from juvenile justice facilities.
- The
Juvenile Justice Information Center
The Center provides comprehensive information and statistics on a range of California's juvenile justice issues. This site is designed to improve the public's understanding of the juvenile justice system and to promote policy reform.
- Model
Programs and Technical Assistance
Encourages and demonstrates how alternatives to incarceration can be successful, not only in reducing overburdened jail populations, but also in reducing recidivism rates.
National
Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)
NCJFCJ's mission is to improve courts and systems practice and raise awareness
of the core issues that touch the lives of many of our nation's children
and families. The Juvenile
Delinquency section includes many resources and information on topics
such as juvenile sanctions, substance abuse, detention, and reentry. A
major publication setting forth goals for all juvenile delinquency courts
was published in 2005: Juvenile
Delinquency Guidelines: Improving Court Practice in Juvenile Delinquency
Cases.
National
Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD)
NCCD conducts research, promotes reform initiatives, and seeks to work
with individuals, public and private organizations, and the media to prevent
and reduce crime and delinquency.
MacArthur
Foundation: Juvenile Justice
The Foundation supports research, model programs, policy analysis, and
public education that promote more effective juvenile justice systems
across the country through a grantmaking process.
Justice
Policy Institute
JPI promotes appropriate alternatives to incarceration through timely
and targeted policy briefs, reports, and research projects.
National
Center for State Courts (NCSC)
NCSC provides services to state courts and courts around the world through
original research, consulting services, publications, and national educational
programs. Their Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency resource section provides information about
promising practices, prevention, restorative justice, probation, and many
other topics, as well as links to other sites and publications.
Commonweal
Juvenile Justice Program
Commonweal is a nonprofit health and environmental research institute
in California, where one of their five focus areas is juvenile justice.
The juvenile justice program is dedicated to the establishment of laws,
policies and programs that serve the juvenile justice goals of crime prevention,
treatment and rehabilitation within a context of public protection.
The
Future of Children
The program seeks to promote effective policies and programs for children
by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely,
objective information based on the best available research.
Kid's
Counsel: Center for Children's Advocacy
Includes several projects on juvenile delinquency. Based in Connecticut,
but provides useful information for other jurisdictions and lists national
trainings.
Child
Welfare League of America (CWLA)
CWLA is an association of nearly 800 public and private nonprofit agencies
that assist more than 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their
families each year with a range of services. Their section on juvenile
delinquency includes many valuable resources. There are also other program
sections that are of interest, including children with incarcerated parents.
CWLA places special attention to crossover issues, when there is a connection
between child maltreatment, juvenile delinquency, and a variety of other
associated negative outcomes. A publication dedicated to this issue of
particular interest is The
Link.
The
Equity Project
This Web site has information on ensuring fairness and respect for lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in juvenile delinquency courts.
Justice
Research and Statistics Association (JRSA)
JJEC works with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
to improve the evaluation of juvenile justice programs to enhance the
capacity of states and local program personnel to conduct and/or participate
in the evaluation of juvenile justice programs or juvenile justice system(s).
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reports
- Juveniles
in Corrections
A publication that presents the latest available national and state-level data from the census, portraying the youth held in jails and adult prisons on October 27, 1999. It also examines imposition of the death penalty for crimes committed by offenders when they were younger than 18.
- Co-offending
and Patterns of Juvenile Crime (2005)
A study of juvenile offenders in an urban center uncovered several patterns of crime related to co-offending. This report focuses on three of those patterns-how co-offending is related to the age of offenders, recidivism, and violence.
- Statistical
Briefing Book (SBB)
The SBB is designed to easily find basic statistical information on juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and involvement of youth in the juvenile justice system. The SBB offers access to information by topical area and type of information. It also provides links to national data sets and other resources. Their current report offers comprehensive statistics on juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and the justice system's response to these problems.
Juvenile
Delinquency Guidelines: Improving Court Practice in Juvenile Delinquency
Cases
A major publication setting forth goals for all juvenile delinquency courts.
From the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (2005)
Criminal
Justice Statistics Center (CJSC)
The CJSC collects, analyzes, and reports statistical data that provide
valid measures of crime and the criminal justice process to government
and the citizens of California. From the California Office of the Attorney
General.
Juvenile
Justice in California
An annual publication about the personal and social characteristics of
delinquents. The report contains specific information on juvenile population,
race/ethnic groups, gender, numbers of arrests, referrals to probation
departments, petitions, juvenile court dispositions, sustained offenses,
and race/ethnic group representation. From the California Office of the
Attorney General. Reports have been produced annually since 2002.
Juvenile
Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report
Provides a comprehensive and insightful view of juvenile crime across
the nation. (National Center for Juvenile Justice, 2006)
United
States Census Bureau
Provides the ability to find statistics on information from the 2000 census
and from previous years, updated estimates since 2000, and planning for
the 2010 census.
- Factfinder
A user-friendly Web site provided by the Census Bureau to find statistics and reports.
- Law
Enforcement, Courts & Prisons: Juvenile Delinquency, Child Abuse
Several reports on juvenile delinquency available in Excel format.:
Youth
Under Age 18 in the Adult Criminal Justice System
A fact sheet that presents statistics and issues related to persons under
the age of 18 involved in the adult criminal justice system in the U.S.,
regardless of whether their state considers them adults or juveniles.
From the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (2006)
U.S.
Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Provides statistics on many aspects of crime and the justice system.
Models
for Change: System Reform in Juvenile Justice
An initiative to create successful and replicable models of juvenile justice
reform through targeted investments in key states. Funded by the Chicago-based
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
National
Center for Juvenile Justice
A private, non-profit organization that serves as the independent research
division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
It provides original research on topics related directly and indirectly
to the field of juvenile justice and consists of three departments: systems
research, applied Research, and Legal Research.
National Center for School Engagement (NCSE)
This site includes many resources concerning school attendance, attachment, and achievement— the 3 A's. NCSE partners with school districts, law enforcement agencies, courts, and state and federal agencies to support youth and their families to be engaged at school. Services include training and technical assistance, research and evaluation, and information and resources.
Truancy Reduction Application Interface (TRAIN)
TRAIN is a secure, web-based system from NCSE that tracks progress of youth receiving school attendance services. It includes information on students' school attachment, academic achievement, and attendance, demographics, health, family and peer relationships, and detailed service history.
California
Department of Education
The California Department of Education (CDE) oversees the state's diverse
and dynamic public school system that is responsible for the education
of children and young adults. It includes the following programs to promote
safety in schools:
- Safe
Schools provides training, resources, and technical assistance to
establish a school/community environment that is physically and emotionally
safe, well disciplined, and conducive to learning.
- Zero Tolerance on bringing guns to schools. Provides information about the law, links to other resources, advice on forming a policy, and suggests alternative forms of discipline.
Education
Related Duties in California Juvenile Delinquency Cases (Welfare &
Institutions Code 602)
Prepared by the Youth Law Center, this summarizes the new responsibilities
for delinquent wards placed in foster care or group homes.
Education
on Lockdown: The Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track
A report by the Advancement Project examining the emergence of zero tolerance
school discipline policies and how these policies have pushed students
away from an academic track to a future in the juvenile justice system.
(PDF)
Youth
Transition Funders Group (YTFG)
Among other goals to provide resources for youth to achieve sustainability
by age 25, the program focuses on educational achievement in preparation
for career and civic participation, including a high school diploma, postsecondary
degree, and/or vocational certificate training.
Truancy
Prevention: Empowering Communities and Schools to Help Students Succeed
A Web site dedicated to collecting and disseminating truancy-related information
and resources. Provided by a partnership between the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs,
U.S. Department of Justice, and the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
(OSDFS), and the U.S. Department of Education.
Tool
Kit for Creating Your Own Truancy Reduction Program
(Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, February 2007)
Provides an overview of truancy issues, its causes, and solutions to the
problem. This tool kit outlines critical components of truancy programs
such as family involvement, use of incentives and sanctions, developing
a support network, and program evaluation. The tool kit examines the legal
and economic implications of truancy and provides recommendations to courts,
schools, state lawmakers, and researchers for addressing this issue. Available
in PDF or HTML.
What
Is Truancy?
A fact sheet provided by the National Center for School Engagement.
Trends
in the Justice System's Response to Status Offending: OJJDP Briefing Paper
An overview of status offenses by type of offense and other factors. (National
Center for Juvenile Justice, 2007)
Juvenile
Court, Community and Alternative School Administrators of California (JCCASAC)
JCCASAC supports student success through research and by sharing best
practices regarding new and innovative program options for at-risk students
with a network of county office administrators.
The National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
This organization provides technical assistance and training to 83 school districts and communities that receive grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Juvenile
Domestic and Family Violence: The Effects of Court-Based Intervention
Programs on Recidivism
A study testing the effectiveness of two court-based intervention programs
in California that addressed both juvenile domestic and family violence.
(National Center for State Courts, 2006)
Connect
for Kids: Getting Serious about Teen Relationship Abuse
A Web site with information on recognizing and preventing teen domestic
violence and links to more resources.
Superior
Court of California, County of Santa Clara Juvenile Delinquency Court:
Resources and Referrals
This page tells you about programs in Santa Clara County, though several
are available in other communities. Most of these work together with the
Santa Clara County Juvenile Probation Department.
Dane
County Juvenile Court Resource Booklet (Wisconsin)
A booklet designed to help people involved in a Juvenile Court process
and experiencing a difficult period in their lives understand the legal
processes required to meet their needs, and to provide information on
appropriate resources.
Chief
Probation Officers of California
This site includes a roster of current chief probation officers and information
on current programs, surveys, and initiatives. It also has an extensive
list of links to other organizations and information on each county's
probation department.
Accomplishments
in Juvenile Probation in California Over the Last Decade
A report prepared for the Chief Probation Officers of California. (RAND
Corporation, 2005)
Links to other sites are not endorsements of those sites or their contents by the Center for Families, Children & the Courts, the Administrative Office of the Courts, or the Judicial Council of California.
