This document is the First Annual Report of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) of the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
This report, published on September 30, 1975, constitutes the First Annual Report: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This report, mandated by law, contains the following sections: a description of the creation and activities of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; an analysis of the Federal role in delinquency prevention; and a summary information on 117 Federal programs that have a bearing on juvenile delinquency control or juvenile justice. This information is contained in the Appendices to this report, which have been printed as Volume II. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention was created within the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-415). This report is required by Section 204(b)(5) of the Act, which requires an analytic evaluation of Federal juvenile delinquency programs, conducted and assisted by Federal departments and agencies, including expenditures, results, plans, and problems in the operations and coordination of such programs. The report is also required to provide recommendations for modifications to increase the effectiveness of programs. The Act also requires a detailed statement of criteria developed by the Administrator for identifying the characteristics of juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquency prevention, diversion of youths from the criminal justice system, and the training, treatment, and rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents.