Frequently Asked Questions

Information on youth in adult correctional facilities can be found on the Juveniles in Corrections section of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Statistical Briefing Book.

Information about girls involved in the justice system is available in Spotlight on Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, a resource produced by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP) Statistical Briefing Book. Also see OJJDP's National Report Series of publications for fact sheets and bulletins related to different aspects of youth in the justice system. Access additional information on the Women and Girls in the Justice System section of our site.

Commonly requested statistics on juvenile detention are available on the Frequently Asked Questions about Juveniles in Corrections section of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP) Statistical Briefing Book.

Additional statistics are available in the OJJDP Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement resource, which was developed to facilitate independent analysis of national data on the characteristics of youth held in residential placement facilities.

Active AMBER Alerts are located on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) website. For additional information on AMBER Alerts, visit the AMBER Alert website. To learn how to receive AMBER Alerts through social media and other means, see NCMEC's How do I receive AMBER Alerts? page.

Resources on disproportionate minority contact (DMC) can be found in the DMC section of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) website, OJJDP's Disproportionate Minority Contact Technical Assistance Manual, Fourth Edition, and the Model Programs Guide Literature Review: Disproportionate Minority Contact.

Conduct a search of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database/Virtual Library for additional resources.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Child Welfare Information Gateway website contains a listing of websites and phone numbers for specific agencies designated to receive and investigate reports of suspected child abuse and neglect in each state. To identify the appropriate agency to contact in a specific state, see the State Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Numbers page. You can also contact the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 800-4-A-Child (800-422-4453).

For additional information and resources, see the Child Abuse Special Feature.

Information on child trafficking victims is available in Trafficking in Persons Report, a publication from the U.S. Department of State. The following websites also provide valuable resources about trafficking in children:

• Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State
• Child Sex Trafficking, National Center Missing and Exploited Children
• Child Labor, Forced Labor & Human Trafficking, U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs
• Human Trafficking Resources, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Office on Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Also visit the Human Trafficking section of the Office for Victims of Crime website and the Human Trafficking Special Feature on our website for additional information.

Information on government efforts to combat human trafficking can be found on the following websites:

• Office of Justice Programs: Human Trafficking Special Feature
• Office for Victims of Crime: Human Trafficking
• U.S. Department of Justice: Human Trafficking
• U.S. Department of State: Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons