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Caren Harp, OJJDP Administrator, May/June 2019 Video Message Excerpt from the 2019 Missing Children's Day Ceremony on May 22, 2019. Administrator Harp discusses OJJDP's efforts to ensure the safety of our nation's children. Video run time: 5:15 min.
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The Federal Commission on School Safety's final report includes grant funding, information and research through the Office of Justice Programs as important ways to help states and local communities implement initiatives that protect their students, teachers and staff members.
The report highlights, among other products, OJP's toolkits on police-mental health collaboration and helping victims of mass violence; research on indicators of school crime...
As a police officer in the gang unit of the Dallas, Texas, Police Department, Christy Chamberlain sees young people caught in the grip of delinquency nearly every day. She has encountered juveniles as young as 12 who are involved in all types of crime. Even murder. One who stands out in her memory is a middle schooler who repeatedly broke into cars. Then one day...
The Department of Justice and the Office of Justice Programs recognized extraordinary individuals and their outstanding work on behalf of missing and exploited children with awards presented yesterday at the annual ceremony for National Missing Children’s Day.
The awardees—a detective with a state-level task force; two firefighters; and multiple law enforcement officers in two separate jurisdictions—were recognized for getting three child pornographers behind bars...
On July 27, 1981, 6-year-old Adam Walsh entered a Florida department store with his mother. He was abducted by a stranger, and his remains were found two weeks later. The tragedy of the young boy's murder—a brutal crime that was never brought to trial—shocked the nation. His devastated family and supporters channeled their grief and anger in a positive way―to protect other children from sexual...
By Caren Harp, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a critical partner to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), serving as a resource to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. Since its founding in 1984, NCMEC has helped recover more than 296,000 missing children...
Pamela Foster experienced every parent's worst nightmare.
On the afternoon of May 2, 2016, her 11-year-old daughter, Ashlynne Mike, and 9-year-old son, Ian Mike, didn't make it home from school. Instead, when they got off the school bus in Shiprock, New Mexico, on the Navajo Reservation, a predator tricked them into getting into his van. Hours later, passersby found Ian alone, wandering the desert. Police...
On December 11th, 2014 at the 14th National Indian Nations Conference, the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) released a new seven-part video series and companion resource guide, A Circle of Healing for Native Children Endangered...
There is no single definition of a gang, but there are a number of widely accepted criteria for classifying groups as gangs (Decker and Curry, 2003; Esbensen et al., 2001; Klein, 1995; Miller, 1992; Spergel, 1995). This review used the following criteria: (1) the group has three or more members, generally aged 12-24; (2) members share an identity, typically linked to a name and/or symbols...
A study of a national sample of American children found that over the past year 60 percent were exposed to violence, crime, or abuse in their homes, schools, and communities. Almost 40 percent of American children were direct victims of 2 or more violent acts, and 1 in 10 were victims of violence 5 or more times. Children are more likely to be exposed to...
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Tim Decker, Director, Division of Youth Services, Missouri Department of Social Services
Patricia Martinez, Director, Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families
Edwin G. Buss, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction
Cheryln K. Townsend, Executive Director, Texas Youth Commission
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OJJDP Releases Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2018: Selected Findings
12/15/2020
OJJDP Releases Juvenile Violent Victimization, 1995-2018
11/24/2020
Office of Justice Programs Awards More Than $221 Million to Support Juvenile Justice
11/24/2020
Fact Sheet: Office of Justice Programs Awards More Than $221 Million to...
