Office of Juvenile Justice and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionDelinquency Prevention

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Mary EllenMary Ellen

1874

First case of judicial intervention

Common Law history

Etta A. Wheeler Etta A. Wheeler

Post Mary EllenPost 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

U.S. Department of Justice

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PROGRAMS

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Office of Justice Programs“Innovation • Partnerships • Safer Neighborhoods"

OJJDP

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providing national leadership and coordinationproviding national leadership and coordination

providing national leadership and coordinationproviding national leadership and coordination

policy coordination and developmentpolicy 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.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionDelinquency Prevention

Serving Children, Families, and Communities

serving children, families, and communitiesserving children, families, and communities

responding to child victimization

preventing and intervening in delinquency

strengthening the juvenile justice system

addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs

addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs

responding to child victimizationresponding 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

addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs

recovering missing and abducted childrenrecovering 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

responding to child victimizationresponding to child victimization

addressing child abuse and neglectaddressing 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

responding to child victimizationresponding to child victimization

addressing the needs of youthful offendersaddressing 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

protecting children from online predatorsprotecting children from online predators

Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces

assisting law enforcement

enhancing investigative capability

providing technical assistance

supporting community education

responding to child victimizationresponding to child victimization

ending commercial sexual exploitation of childrenending 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

responding to child victimizationresponding to child victimization

National Survey on Children’s Exposure to ViolenceNational 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

children exposed to violencechildren 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.

Children Exposed to Violence programs in FY 2010Children 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)

preventing and intervening in delinquencypreventing 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

addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs

providing mentors for youth in needproviding mentors for youth in needFY 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

preventing and intervening in delinquencypreventing and intervening in delinquency

addressing underage drinkingaddressing 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

preventing and intervening in delinquencypreventing and intervening in delinquency

Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program

addressing juvenile substance abuseaddressing juvenile substance abuse

Juvenile Drug Courts Program

providing intensive treatment and specialized services

improving cross-system collaboration

increasing effectiveness and cost efficiency

preventing and intervening in delinquencypreventing and intervening in delinquency

reducing youth involvement in gangsreducing 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

preventing and intervening in delinquencypreventing and intervening in delinquency

Los Angeles, CARichmond, VA

North Miami Beach, FL

Milwaukee, WI

FY 2010 Coordinated Tribal Assistance SolicitationFY 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

implementing tribal youth initiativesimplementing tribal youth initiatives

Tribal Youth Program

preventing delinquency and reducing violent crime

addressing mental health and substance abuse problems

holding offenders accountable

strengthening the juvenile justice systemstrengthening the juvenile justice system

strengthening the juvenile justice systemstrengthening the juvenile justice system

working with states to improve juvenile justice

meeting the requirements of the JJDP Act

improving conditions of confinement

addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs

working with states to improve juvenile justiceworking with states to improve juvenile justice

Formula Grants Program

supporting state and local efforts

implementing system improvements

partnering with State Advisory

Groups (SAGs)

addressing the nation’s juvenile justice needsaddressing the nation’s juvenile justice needs

meeting the requirements of the JJDP Actmeeting 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

strengthening the juvenile justice systemstrengthening the juvenile justice system

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www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov

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