NCJ Number
235954
Date Published
July 2011
Length
45 pages
Annotation
This report presents the results of a survey by the International Association of Chiefs of Police aimed at identifying the challenges and training needs faced by law enforcement officials in addressing the problems of juvenile crime, delinquency, and prevention.
Abstract
The survey found that lack of funding and agency resources were the main reasons why law enforcement agencies did not receive juvenile justice training. In addition, the results indicate the eight areas of most concern to law enforcement agencies that deal with juvenile crime, delinquency, and victimization. These areas are substance abuse, abuse (physical, sexual, and/or emotional), juvenile repeat offenders, bullying/cyberbullying, gangs, Internet crime involving juveniles, runaways, and school safety. This report presents the results of a survey by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) identifying the challenges and training needs faced by law enforcement agencies dealing with the problems of juvenile crime, delinquency, and prevention. Data for the report were obtained from a national survey of rural, suburban, and urban law enforcement agencies in 49 States and the District of Columbia. Survey results presented in this report include information on the survey population and agency type; juvenile justice operations, staffing and funding, policy and procedure, training, training budgets, training recipients, training methods, juvenile justice training needs, most pressing juvenile justice/youth issues, most pressing issues for rural, urban, and suburban agencies, and most pressing issues by agency size. The results of the survey indicate a need for no-cost or low-cost juvenile justice training and technical assistance for law enforcement agencies that deal with juvenile crime, delinquency, and prevention. Charts and appendixes