NCJ Number
164507
Date Published
1995
Length
395 pages
Annotation
Intended as a resource guide for prosecutors, this book contains selected information on juvenile and youth violence; information on both delinquency prevention and intervention programs is included as well.
Abstract
A section on crime trends and arrest rates contains fact sheets on the juvenile contributions to the violent-crime increase and on the number of juvenile violent-crime arrests made for every 100,000 juveniles in the population. Materials on delinquency prevention contain a fact sheet that describes funding guidelines for Title V prevention programs administered by the Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Also included is a synthesis of current information on programs and strategies to prevent delinquency, as well as a guide that introduces Partners Against Violence NETwork Online to users. A section on family violence addresses the cycle of violence, later criminal consequences for childhood victims of sexual abuse, and violent families and youth violence. A section on firearms contains material on firearms and violence, gun acquisition and possession in selected juvenile samples, guns and crime, the Kansas City gun experiment, and reducing youth gun violence. Topics on juvenile gangs encompass gang suppression and intervention and the prosecution of gangs. A section on juvenile offenders addresses how juveniles come to criminal court and juvenile offenders and juvenile victims. Remaining sections of the book provide material on the response to juvenile offenders and juvenile substance abuse. Included with the book are pamphlets that explain the work of the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.