NCJ Number
110371
Date Published
1988
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This publication describes the 17 new projects funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in the areas of illegal drug use, serious juvenile crime, supervision of juvenile delinquents, juvenile adjudication, and missing and exploited children.
Abstract
To ensure that results from the activities reach the field, OJJDP has initiated a new policy that any project it funds must produce a complete, useful product that can be distributed to juvenile justice practitioners. Thus, the programs will develop training, technical assistance, and program manuals. Six programs dealing with the juvenile drug problem focus on promising approaches for preventing and treating drug and alcohol abuse among high-risk youth, effective parenting strategies for families of high-risk youth, the reanalysis of existing data on juvenile drug use, the factors related to drug abuse among ethnic and minority juvenile populations, the law enforcement handling of juvenile offenders, and the coordination of community drug prevention activities. Two additional programs focus on two types of serious juvenile crime: arson and gang violence. Projects addressing the issue of supervision focus on deinstitutionalization of status offenders, nonresidential programs for chronic juvenile offenders, community-based aftercare, and joint ventures between juvenile corrections and private businesses. Additional programs address victims and witnesses in the juvenile justice system, minorities in juvenile justice, families of missing children, and the incidence of missing children. Addresses and funding levels of each project.