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Office of Juvenile Justice and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionDelinquency Prevention
Serving Children, Families, and Communities
serving children, families, and communitiesserving children, families, and communities
Mary EllenMary Ellen
1874
First case of judicial intervention
Common Law history
Etta A. Wheeler Etta A. Wheeler
Post Mary EllenPost Mary Ellen
New York attempted legislation
1886: State v. Jones – North Carolina court decision:“acts of indiscreet severity are not criminally punishable…they must be tolerated
as an incident to the relation…”
1899: Illinois – first juvenile court
1962: The Battered Child Syndrome by Dr. Henry Kempe
1970s - Mandatory child abuse reporting laws
U.S. Department of Justice
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OFFICE OFJUSTICE
PROGRAMS
serving children, families, and communitiesserving children, families, and communities
Office of Justice Programs“Innovation • Partnerships • Safer Neighborhoods"
OJJDP
serving children, families, and communitiesserving children, families, and communities
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providing national leadership and coordinationproviding national leadership and coordination
providing national leadership and coordinationproviding national leadership and coordination
policy coordination and developmentpolicy coordination and development
The Office of Policy Development (OPD) assists the OJJDP Administrator in coordinating national policy on juvenile justice.
OPD advises the Administrator on policy and legal issues and how OJJDP can best accomplish its mission.
OPD also provides leadership and direction for OJJDP’s research and training and technical assistance efforts and oversees the agency’s communications and planning activities.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionDelinquency Prevention
Serving Children, Families, and Communities
serving children, families, and communitiesserving children, families, and communities
responding to child victimization
preventing and intervening in delinquency
strengthening the juvenile justice system
addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs
addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs
responding to child victimizationresponding to child victimization
recovering missing and abducted children
addressing child abuse and neglect
protecting children from online predators
ending commercial sexual exploitation
of children
addressing children’s exposure to violence
addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs
recovering missing and abducted childrenrecovering missing and abducted children
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children national clearinghouse 24-hour hotline CyberTypline photo distribution
AMBER Alert 502 recoveries 120 AMBER plans
responding to child victimizationresponding to child victimization
addressing child abuse and neglectaddressing child abuse and neglect
Children’s Advocacy Centers improving coordination reducing trauma enhancing support
Court Appointed Special Advocates training and technical assistance volunteer advocacy more than 1,000 local programs serving 300,000 children annually
responding to child victimizationresponding to child victimization
addressing the needs of youthful offendersaddressing the needs of youthful offenders
Youthful Sexual Offenders Program provide treatment for juvenile victims of youth with sexual
behavior problems improve intervention, treatment, and supervision services for
youth with a history of sexual aggression toward other children
Juvenile Indigent Defense National Clearinghouse improve advocacy and quality of representation before the court provide technical support to the juvenile indigent defense bar
protecting children from online predatorsprotecting children from online predators
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces
assisting law enforcement
enhancing investigative capability
providing technical assistance
supporting community education
responding to child victimizationresponding to child victimization
ending commercial sexual exploitation of childrenending commercial sexual exploitation of children
Improving Community Responses to CSEC
supporting research on the scope of the problem in the United States and how often victims are known to law enforcement
strengthening effective collaborations between stakeholder organizations and communities
enhancing law enforcement strategies to protect children from commercial sexual exploitation
responding to child victimizationresponding to child victimization
National Survey on Children’s Exposure to ViolenceNational Survey on Children’s Exposure to Violence
Of the children surveyed:
more than 60 percent were exposed to violence within the past year, either directly or indirectly
nearly one-half were assaulted at least once in the past year
more than 1 in 10 were injured in an assault
one in 16 were victimized sexually
children exposed to violencechildren exposed to violence
On March 31, OJJDP released the solicitation “Attorney General’s Children Exposed to Violence Demonstration Program: Phase I.”
Supports community planning to prevent and reduce the impact of children’s exposure to violence in their homes, schools, and communities.
OJJDP, the Office for Victims of Crime, the Office on Violence Against Women, National Institute of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services, and Executive Office of United States Attorneys jointly manage and support this project.
Children Exposed to Violence programs in FY 2010Children Exposed to Violence programs in FY 2010
Safe Start Promising Approaches
National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches
Safe Start Fellowship
National Survey on Children Exposed to Violence (second round of surveys)
preventing and intervening in delinquencypreventing and intervening in delinquency
providing mentors for youth in need
addressing underage drinking and substance
abuse
reducing youth involvement in gangs
implementing tribal youth initiatives
addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs
providing mentors for youth in needproviding mentors for youth in needFY 2010 Mentoring Initiatives Include:
Strategic Enhancement to Mentoring Programs National and Multi-State Mentoring Programs Second Chance Act Juvenile Mentoring Initiative Tribal Youth National Mentoring Program Mentoring for Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiatives Mentoring Research Best Practices Juvenile Drug Courts Mentoring Initiative
preventing and intervening in delinquencypreventing and intervening in delinquency
addressing underage drinkingaddressing underage drinking
supporting state and local law enforcement implementing community trials and assessing
program effectiveness addressing problems in rural communities providing training and technical
assistance partnering with the military
preventing and intervening in delinquencypreventing and intervening in delinquency
Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program
addressing juvenile substance abuseaddressing juvenile substance abuse
Juvenile Drug Courts Program
providing intensive treatment and specialized services
improving cross-system collaboration
increasing effectiveness and cost efficiency
preventing and intervening in delinquencypreventing and intervening in delinquency
reducing youth involvement in gangsreducing youth involvement in gangs
Gang Reduction Program
comprehensive slate of prevention, intervention, and suppression programs
integrated programs across risk
domains and age groups
coordinated program implementation with collaboration at leadership and staffing levels
preventing and intervening in delinquencypreventing and intervening in delinquency
Los Angeles, CARichmond, VA
North Miami Beach, FL
Milwaukee, WI
FY 2010 Coordinated Tribal Assistance SolicitationFY 2010 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation
responding to tribal leaders’ request for a more efficient OJP grant-making process
encompassing all of DOJ’s available tribal grant programs
implementing tribal youth initiativesimplementing tribal youth initiatives
Tribal Youth Program
preventing delinquency and reducing violent crime
addressing mental health and substance abuse problems
holding offenders accountable
strengthening the juvenile justice systemstrengthening the juvenile justice system
strengthening the juvenile justice systemstrengthening the juvenile justice system
working with states to improve juvenile justice
meeting the requirements of the JJDP Act
improving conditions of confinement
addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs
working with states to improve juvenile justiceworking with states to improve juvenile justice
Formula Grants Program
supporting state and local efforts
implementing system improvements
partnering with State Advisory
Groups (SAGs)
addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs
meeting the requirements of the JJDP Actmeeting the requirements of the JJDP Act
Core Requirements deinstitutionalizing status
offenders (DSO) separating juveniles from adults
in institutions (separation) removing juveniles from adult
jails and lockups (jail removal) addressing disproportionate
minority contact (DMC), where it exists
strengthening the juvenile justice systemstrengthening the juvenile justice system
visit OJJDP’s Web sitevisit OJJDP’s Web site
www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov
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serving children, families, and communitiesserving children, families, and communities
serving children, families, and communitiesserving children, families, and communities
serving children, families, and communitiesserving children, families, and communities
serving children, families, and communitiesserving children, families, and communities
Office of Juvenile Justice and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionDelinquency Prevention
Serving Children, Families, and Communities
serving children, families, and communitiesserving children, families, and communities