NCJ Number
164724
Date Published
1996
Length
169 pages
Annotation
This 1996 catalog contains descriptions of just over 35 organizations that represent the full spectrum of expertise in juvenile justice and delinquency prevention and provide training and technical assistance under grants and contracts administered by the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
Abstract
One section offers a brief description of OJJDP's training and technical assistance grantees and contractors. Another section describes programs that provide training and technical assistance in all four of the OJJDP program categories, including public safety and law enforcement; strengthening the juvenile justice system; delinquency prevention and intervention; and missing, exploited, and abused children. Section III describes programs that support the linkage between community and law enforcement responses to youth and gun violence, and Section IV describes programs that improve the juvenile justice system and facilitate effective allocation of system resources. Section V describes programs that prevent or reduce the occurrence of juvenile offenses, both criminal and noncriminal, and that intervene immediately and effectively when delinquent or status offenses first occur. Another section focuses on programs that pertain to missing, exploited, and abused children. These programs include early intervention strategies to break the cycle of violence, community-based programs to combat child victimization, and strengthened child protective services. Also included in this category are systemwide approaches to combating violence and neglect through the strengthening of family and court services, administrative reform, written protocols, and programs that have targeted initiatives to work with children and families confronting the issues of abuse and neglect. Remaining sections contain a calendar of events that list training workshops and conferences conducted or to be conducted by OJJDP contractors and grantees in 1996 and a listing of the phone numbers of contractors, grantees, and OJJDP contacts.