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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The Children at Risk (CAR) Program was a comprehensive, neighborhood-based strategy for preventing drug use, delinquency, and other problem behaviors among high-risk youth living in...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 06, 2017 at 02:12 PM

The Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS) is part of the larger "Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency" initiated by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

Boot camps, a popular alternative to standard correctional facilities, are characterized by a strong emphasis on military structure, drill, and discipline and by an abbreviated period of ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 14, 2016 at 02:18 PM

The Pathways to Desistance study was a multi-site study that followed 1,354 serious juvenile offenders from adolescence to young adulthood in two locales between the years 2000 and 2010. Enrolled...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: August 11, 2016 at 09:28 AM

The Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC) collected basic information on facility characteristics, including size, structure, security arrangements, and ownership. It also collected...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 04, 2013 at 10:55 AM

The National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC) is part of the BJS National Prison Rape Statistics Program to gather mandated data on the incidence of prevalence of sexual assault in juvenile...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 11, 2017 at 01:14 PM

The Pathways to Desistance study was a multi-site study that followed 1,354 serious juvenile offenders from adolescence to young adulthood in two locales between the years 2000 and 2010. Enrolled...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 15, 2002 at 12:00 AM

This study addressed the question of whether alternative correctional programs were more effective than traditional training schools in reducing recidivism among juvenile offenders....

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 14, 2017 at 12:21 PM

The Pathways to Desistance study is a multi-site, longitudinal study of serious adolescent offenders as they transition from adolescence into early adulthood. Between November, 2000 and...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 10, 1999 at 12:00 AM

The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program measures levels of and trends in drug use among persons arrested and booked in the United States. The ADAM Program is a redesigned version of...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 11, 2007 at 12:00 AM

The 1979 Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facility Census is the sixth in a series of surveys of state and local public residential facilities in the juvenile justice system. There is...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

This study obtained information on youth-serving organizations around the country that provide constructive activities for youth in the after-school and evening hours. It was carried out in ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: June 25, 2019 at 10:44 AM

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

Boot camps, a popular alternative to incarceration, are characterized by a strong emphasis on military structure, drill, and discipline and by an abbreviated period of incarceration....

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 18, 1999 at 12:00 AM

This longitudinal study of juvenile offenders traces the criminal histories of a sample of juveniles, including those who were "dropouts" (juvenile offenders who did not go on to become...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: September 30, 2019 at 02:13 PM

The Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS) is part of the larger "Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency" initiated by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

This study was designed to assess the needs and characteristics of the female juvenile offender population in California and to evaluate the existing program structure. The main focus was to...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 26, 2008 at 09:06 AM

The 1977 Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facility Census, is the fifth in a series of surveys of state and local public residential facilities in the juvenile justice system. There is...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: September 30, 2019 at 09:46 AM

The Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS) is part of the larger "Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency" initiated by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 25, 2021 at 05:00 PM

A major goal of juvenile justice reform is to reduce reoffending and recidivism among juvenile offenders. Advocates of trauma informed practices assert that disproportionately high rates of...

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