Juvenile (under 18)

Children’s Advocacy Centers

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Child abuse takes place in every part of the population and takes many forms. Children suffer from neglect, endure physical and sexual abuse, are exploited by pornographers and sex traffickers, and become collateral victims of drug abuse and other types of maltreatment every single day in America. Fortunately, Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) across the nation are providing critical...

Assessing the Impact of a Graduated Response Approach for Youth in the Maryland Juvenile Justice System

NCJ Number

254601

Date Published

February 2020

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

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Testing Gender-Differentiated Models of the Mechansms Linking Polyvictimization and Youth Offending Numbing and Callousness Versus Dissociation and Borderline Traits

NCJ Number

253283

Journal

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Kentucky Juvenile Justice Reform Evaluation: Assessment of Community-Based Services for Justice-Involved Youth

Date Published

January 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Correlates of and Consequences for Bully-Victims in a Sample of Serious Adolescent Offenders

NCJ Number

253365

Journal

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Date Published

2017

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Making Restitution Real: Five Case Studies on Improving Restitution Collection

Date Published

2011

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

OVC-Sponsored

The Roles of Trauma Exposure, Rejection Sensitivity, and Callous-Unemotional Traits in the Aggressive Behavior of Justice-Involved Youth A Moderated Mediation Model

NCJ Number

253339

Journal

Aggressive Behavior

Date Published

January 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Posttraumatic Overmodulation, Callous-Unemotional Traits, and Offending Among justice-involved Youth

NCJ Number

253338

Journal

Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Finding Effective Ways to Reduce Truancy: An Evaluation of the Ramsey County Truancy Intervention Programs, Executive Summary

NCJ Number

254548

Date Published

September 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Race and Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Need and Services Received in Justice-Involved Youth

NCJ Number

253251

Journal

Children and Youth Services Review

Date Published

July 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Locked Out: Improving Educational and Vocational Outcomes for Incarcerated Youth

Date Published

November 2015

Publication Type

Survey, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored, BJA-Sponsored