Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

1. serving children, families, and communities Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Serving Children, Families, and Communities

2. Mary Ellen 1874 First case of judicial intervention Common Law history

3. Etta A. Wheeler

4. Post 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

6. U.S. Department of Justice serving children, families, and communities Can you find OJP? OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

7. Office of Justice Programs “Innovation • Partnerships • Safer Neighborhoods" serving children, families, and communities Can you find OJJDP? OJJDP

8. providing national leadership and coordination providing national leadership and coordination

9. policy 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.

10. serving children, families, and communities Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Serving Children, Families, and Communities

11. addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs • responding to child victimization • preventing and intervening in delinquency • strengthening the juvenile justice system

12. addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs responding 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

13. responding to child victimization recovering 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

14. responding to child victimization addressing 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

15. addressing 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

16. responding to child victimization protecting children from online predators Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces • assisting law enforcement • enhancing investigative capability • providing technical assistance • supporting community education

17. responding to child victimization ending 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

18. National 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

19. children 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.

20. Children 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)

21. addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs preventing 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

22. preventing and intervening in delinquency providing mentors for youth in need FY 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

23. preventing and intervening in delinquency addressing 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 Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program

24. preventing and intervening in delinquency addressing juvenile substance abuse Juvenile Drug Courts Program • providing intensive treatment and specialized services • improving cross-system collaboration • increasing effectiveness and cost efficiency

25. preventing and intervening in delinquency reducing 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

26. FY 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

27. strengthening the juvenile justice system implementing tribal youth initiatives Tribal Youth Program • preventing delinquency and reducing violent crime • addressing mental health and substance abuse problems • holding offenders accountable

28. addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs strengthening the juvenile justice system • working with states to improve juvenile justice • meeting the requirements of the JJDP Act • improving conditions of confinement

29. addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs working with states to improve juvenile justice Formula Grants Program • supporting state and local efforts • implementing system improvements • partnering with State Advisory Groups (SAGs)

30. strengthening the juvenile justice system meeting 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

31. serving children, families, and communities visit OJJDP’s Web site www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov

32. serving children, families, and communities subscribe to OJJDP’s electronic resources • JUVJUST • OJJDP News @ a Glance

33. serving children, families, and communities serving children, families, and communities

34. serving children, families, and communities serving children, families, and communities Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Serving Children, Families, and Communities