In reading of the OJJDP (office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention) I’ve came to terms that this website is an informing and intriguing in many ways. I’ll be able to use a lot of this information in a report that I’m writing, it provides multiple tabs of information and that is reliable and creditable of the topic of juvenile delinquency. The OJJDP envisions a nation where all juveniles are free from crime, to me this is saying that all juveniles that come inContact with the justice system shouldn’t always be sentenced or treated like an adult, yes, some kids commit horrendous crimes and should be treated as such, but most kids if you correct them once probably more so wouldn’t commit that same act again. I’ll be able to use this in my report just a reference of how some programs doesn’t see kids as criminals and try to find alternatives to correct disorderly behavior. While looking through the OJJDP website I came across some annual reports this is beneficial to people who are maybe trying to get a grasp of how justice system is is treating juveniles, the annual reports would probably be beneficial to my report if I needed any type of statistics. The OJJDP topics of focus are • Child protection • Corse resources • Correction/detention • Courts • Gender/Race/Ethnicity • Health • Law Enforcement • Offending by juveniles • Prevention • School • Statistics • Victims So, the OJJDP gives you a wide variety of different thing you can look through depending on what it is you are trying to find, these would be beneficial to my report because there’s just so much information there for to look through. So, the OJJDP is operated by funders, meaning that a lot of hardworking people put that hard-earned money into this program. For a lot of people of people to do this when they are not persuaded to do so means that a lot of people don’t want to see juveniles get caught up in the system and by any means necessary will try to find an alternative ways, I totally agree with that because juveniles cannot help what social class they are in finically, and some can’t help if there parents aren’t good parents, and a lot of kids who are troubled comes from the home and when they get in troubled in the streets or where ever they get in trouble at for the simple fact that that’s all they see and what happens when that’s all you see you start to adapt because you don’t know any different. Statechamp007
For the term paper, my group received the topic of judicial waivers and what they are. Judicial waivers seem to be when a judge decided to move the juveniles case to adult court in order to punish them harder and stop them from being protected by the child's system. At first I thought this would be a hard topic to cover, but looking at OJJDP website, they have quite a bit of information regarding juveniles and how they go through the system. One of the things I think will be helpful from the sight is the “Alternatives to incarceration” tab which talks about how they are tried and charged so that kind of gives the opposing side of waivers. Another thing that I think would help is the offenses tab which describes what kids are doing to get in trouble. The school's tab will help because it will explain what kind of kids are more likely to commit serious crimes just based on their school work. Another helpful topic is mental health because of course if a minor has the mindset of an adult and commits crimes like an adult, then they should be tried like an adult in adult court rather than juvenile. The statistics tab can be a good source of evidence to use in the term paper because it provides specific facts on certain minorities and age groups. There is also a gender tab that describes what genders are more likely to commit criminal acts and possible be charged in adult court depending on the prosecutors opinion. I also feel like child protection has something to do with juveniles committing adult acts because a child looks at a parent for guidance and if their parents are goofing around and causing trouble then the kid will think that is normal. This will definitely help with the paper because children are not born committing crimes so I think it is safe to say that we need to pay attention to parenting skills and maybe even parental abuse that may cause anger or certain attitude trends that will lead to criminal acts capable of ending up in adult court with adult prosecution. The last thing that I found helpful was the website in general because it is easily citable and most law enforcement students know what it is and where to find it. It has lots of info and is strictly based on juveniles. GVFF007
I agree when you were talking about how we need to look at parenting skills because it is true that children do pick up things from their parents and start acting them out. And I think we have to look at it from generations to generations too because there are things that are passed down and become inherited. And we also need to look at society, society plays an huge role on a lot of things that are going on in households. Smiles007
I agree when you mentioned talking about how we need to look at parenting skills. Kids do imitate their parents actions. I agree with smiles also when talking about looking at society as it truly does play a role in how things happen at home. -CUBSFAN007
I agree that this website is extremely useful for citing. I will definitely use this website when I write my criminal justice papers because all of my criminal justice teachers will be familiar with it. I also agree that if we focus on parenting skills more than the abuse rate between parents and their children will go down.-BuffaloChickenDip007
I agree that this will be a great source to look use for the topic of judicial waivers just by looking at all of the articles it provides on the subject. I also agree that society and your home life can without a doubt play a major role in how a child develops. It could be picking up behaviors from parents at home or it could be from friends at school. RHB007
I agree when everyone says this is a good source to use when looking or searching up about anything juvenile delinquency related..This site was very easy to use and navigate. I got so many interesting facts I did not know were even true about male and female delinquency. -freckles007
The first thing that I found interested while using the OJJDP website, was what OJJDP stands for and that is Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The second thing that I found interesting was that in 2009, juvenile courts in the United States handled an estimate 1.5 million delinquency cases that involved juveniles charged with criminal law violations. The third thing that I had found interesting was about waiver to criminal court which talks about the topic that I am working on which is judicial waivers with juvenile delinquency. The article states that in most states, juvenile court judges may waive juvenile court jurisdiction in certain cases and transfer jurisdiction to criminal court so the juvenile can be tried as an adult. So for an example if a 15 years old had robbed and killed someone the kid, if the state there in has the judicial waver then they will go to court because of the seriousness of the crime that was committed, murder is a more serious crime but if the court decides that the juvenile did it on purpose then they will be charged as an adult so that is when Judaical Waiver comes into play. The fourth thing that I found interesting was that judge's decision generally centers on the issue of whether the juvenile is amenable to treatment in the juvenile system. The fifth thing that I have found interesting is that the prosecutors job during the waiver of the criminal court is they can argue that the juvenile has been adjudicated several times previously and that interventions the juvenile court have not prevented the youth from committed criminal subsequent criminal acts. So what that means is that the juvenile court did not teach the juvenile delinquency how not to commit a crime. The sixth thing I found interested was that the prosecute can also argue, that if the crime is so serious that the juvenile courts cannot intervene for the time period necessary to rehabilitate the youth. What this means that if the judge does not allow the juvenile to go to the juvenile courts how can the child get rehabilitated and basically learn how to not to do any more serious crimes. The seventh thing I learned was that in 1993, waived person offense increased 204% between 1985 and 1994 and then it fell back down through 2001. The last thing that I found interesting was the three broad categories for judicial waiver: discretionary, presumptive, and mandatory. Smiles007
That is an interesting fact that 1.5 million delinquency cases that involved juveniles charged with criminal law violations were handled by the juvenile courts. Why are there so many cases? What can we do to lower the number of cases? These questions need to be addressed so that the troubled youth can live a productive life and contribute to society. -ClarkKent007
While going through this website there is a lot of interesting facts about the OJJDP that can be useful to me now and if not now latter in my career in law enforcement. One of the first thing that I looked for was the goal of this agency. I ended up finding the mission statement in the about tab, this tab also had the vision of agency. The mission statement that the OJJDP provided states that OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports the efforts of states, tribes, and communities to develop and implement effective and equitable juvenile justice systems that enhance public safety, ensure youth are held appropriately accountable to both crime victims and communities, and empower youth to live productive, law-abiding lives. We need an agency like this so that troubled youths can live a productive life and stay out of trouble. When you first get on the main page of the OJJDP in the first glance down the left side there are tabs that lead you to a ton of information. When you go the topics tab there is tons of other tabs that tell you more information on a subject such as law enforcement, child protection, and many more useful subjects. For example when you go to the topics tab you can look under the offending by juveniles and see a subtopic of drug offenses. When you are in the drug offense they is even more information that you can see. The first thing in the list of publications is a file of 1992 arrest recorders of juveniles by the FBI. Another tab you can go to is the programs tab. The programs tab covers the field of youth courts all the way to delinquency prevention then to tribal programs to mental health initiatives. Some of the example they gave were Disproportionate Minority contact, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, mentoring, Tribal Youth Programs and Services, and a more programs tab. When you clicked on the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force tab it gives you and overview that states it helps the state and local law enforcement agencies to develop an effective response to technology facilitates child sexual exploitation and internet crimes against children. It even has an event tab where it shows events that are coming up. One event that is interesting is the Restorative process. This event is a webinar so you can be anywhere in the world and watch this event. -ClarkKent007
The first thing I learned on the OJJDP site was that in 1974, Congress enacted the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act. This legislation established OJJDP to support local and state efforts to prevent delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system overall. The second thing I learned was that in 2002, congress reauthorized the JJDP Act. The reauthorization supported OJJDP's established mission while introducing important changes that streamlined the Office's operations. This also made the scope of the OJJDP broader. The third thing I learned was who the administrator is of the JJDP is. Her name is Caren Harp. She was sworn in as Administrator on January 19, 2018. The next thing I learned was about the Coordination Council. The Coordination Council is an independent body within the executive branch of the federal government. The Council coordinates all federal programs and activities related to juvenile delinquency prevention, the care or detention of unaccompanied juveniles, and missing and exploited children. Part of the Council’s duty is to make annual recommendations to Congress regarding juvenile justice policies and priorities. The Council also holds quarterly meetings open to the public that provide a forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and research findings. The next thing I learned about was The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. This serves as an information and national resource center on issues related to victims, missing and exploited children and operates a national toll-free hotline. Another thing I learned was in 1992 the FBI crime report for that year stated that law enforcement agencies made 2.3 million arrests of persons below the age of 18. These juveniles were responsible for 16% of all arrests in 1992. Juveniles were involved in 15% of murder arrests, 16% of forcible rape, 26% of robbery, 15% of aggravated assault, 34% of burglary, 44% of motor vehicle theft, 23% of weapon, and 23% of drug law violation arrests. The last thing I learned was from this same report. In 1992, the FBI stated that females were involved in 23% of all juvenile arrests. -CUBSFAN007
It is interesting to me that the year Congress enacted the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act was in 1974, but the earliest possible data you can find on the OJJDP site is 1992. I understand that the 90's is when the internet came around, but I am wondering if they have any earlier statistics around but have not published them or computerized the documents. -CAPMARVEL007
The OJJDP, short for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, is a very fun to look at website. I spent a great deal of time navigating through the different tabs of information. This website gives a lot of different information, and even has a focus section. In the focus section today there was a lot on the National Missing Children’s Day. National missing children’s day is a day to hopefully bring attention to all of the missing children, and hopefully bring some of them home to their families. There is an award ceremony as well which includes awards such as the Missing Children’s Citizen Award and the Missing Children’s Child Protection Award. Another interesting subject I found on this website is the section on human trafficking. I didn’t know that more than 8,500 human trafficking cases were reported in 2017 to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. 71% of those were sex trafficking cases. That’s really sad to think about when you look at how many human trafficking cases there were in total. The OJJDP also gives a lot of resources such as the National Mentoring Resource Center. The OJJDP also has a lot of information on Federal Funding. One of my favorite things that I found on this website is the Federal Business Opportunities that they give you access to. You can search for Federal jobs that are available, and you can even narrow it down to the state you live in. Some of the main topics that the OJJDP focusses on are child protection, corrections and detention, health, schools, and law enforcement. By clicking on the law enforcement tab I was able to look at some arrests. I was also able to look at the juvenile arrests for hate crimes or drug offenses in 2006. This was under the offending by juveniles tab which included some other offenses to categorize by such as sex offenses and violent offenses. Another cool thing that I was able to see on this website is the events coming up in September. It shows the list of events that are coming up in the near future. These include Child Homicide Investigations and Investigations and Prosecutions of Cold Case Homicides. There is also a guide for youth in long term juvenile corrections and treatment programs. I can also look at information about the OJJDP such as the staff, their employment listings, and annual reports. -BuffaloChickenDip007
I agree with you about the sex trafficking. It is becoming such a big problem in our society today. It's even scarier that we see it hitting closer and closer to home each day. It is just not safe in the world anymore. It's so sad that many have to fear just walking to school or even driving on the interstate because someone could be following them. Sex trafficking is such a big problem and something needs to be done quickly or those numbers will raise each year. In the near future, hopefully the twisted sex ring can be disposed of. -hollywood007
While looking through the Amber Alert sight, there was an article talking about a little girl and boy that were both taken and abused by a man out in the desert, both physically and sexually. What I’m getting at is that we need to do a better job of missing persons reports and keep a closer eye out for those missing kids, often they go missing and then are taken into sex trafficking because they have no place to stay and trust the person that persuades them to join the group. By keeping a closer eye out of kids missing, that could lower and keep kids safe from sex trafficking, and by using Amber Alerts to notify people near, that only helps the chance of finding the kid before somebody else does and takes advantage of them. Jar007
The one thing that I was disappointed about was that I was unable to find a study in the OJJDP site that was girls versus boys, only solely girls or solely boys research and studies. With statistics, in order to accurately grade research and put it across the board one has to have the same research and experimentation method for the groups. I understand that this type of experimentation is not ethical, but I have seen these studies before and they are eye opening in the subject of different emotional responses between genders. The first fact that I found interesting as that in 2015, 49% of juvenile homicides were with a firearm. Another thing that was interesting was juvenile sex assaults peak in the mid-to-late morning hours while adult sexual assault happens more often in the late evening. The OJJDP also seems to be getting most of its data from third-party sources that collect data from multiple databases. Another interesting fact is that White and Hispanic races are more likely to be convicted with drug violations, DUI’s, liquor law violations, vandalism and than Blacks. Also, Illinois currently is the lowest reporting coverage state in the US at 22% while eight state are at 100% reporting coverage. Another interesting fact on juveniles is that they are just as likely to be victims of a serious crime at school or on their way to or from school; and more likely to be a victim of any crime at school than away from school. Kinda makes you think that nowhere is safe. I also found out through some major digging throughout the site as I did not want to state the obvious that in 2014 the US issued 186 AMBER alerts for 236 children throughout the year with 56% of them being statewide alerts; 5 of which were in Illinois. While compared to all other races separately, Whites were still more likely to have and AMBER alert issued for them, but with all other races combined they made up the majority over solely white victims. Most of the abductors ended up being the child’s mother or father! The world is a very interesting place for children and it is weird to think that your parents could be the one’s abducting you. Time reported since they went missing was usually between 1-12 hours and the child was usually found between 1-24 hours after being reported missing/abducted. 95 percent of children that had an AMBER alert out for them were found within 72 hours of when the went missing. -CAPMARVEL007
I did not get into the AMBER alert areas on the website, so your comment was very interesting to me. It is crazy how most of the abductors were one of the children’s parents. Maybe one of the parents did not let the other see the child so they felt the only way to get them was to sneak and do it. They probably never would’ve thought the other parent would put out an AMBER alert. It is good that 95 percent of the children on the AMBER alerts were able to be found even if it did take up to three days. -pieface007
Hi, sometimes you do not get the exact stats that you need. But anything that is relative to your topic is important. Research can be frustrating, especially when whatever you type in a search engine does not give you what you need. Sites like OJJDP are useful in terms of having credibility. The stats on the OJJDP website cover both the juveniles and the family. That is something to consider, especially when trying to differentiate between 2 parent and single parent house holds for example. Keep in mind that sites like the OJJDP are useful in picking and choosing what info and stats will be useful. --YouMustAcquit007--
There is a lot someone can learn from this website. Something that stood out to me while looking through this website, was that they have a National Missing Children’s Day. I found it quite interesting. Missing Children’s Day is a day set for parents, guardians, etc. to have a reminder to not lose hope in finding those children that are missing. I think this was a good idea because most people will lose hope and think of the worse that could have happened to their child but with this day, it can push them to keep looking and not to give up. It also reminds them that they are not the only ones and they have the U.S. Department of Justice on their side. I like how the OJJDP have a poster contest for younger ones so they are aware of what is going on and the contest also gives everyone the chance to bring up the issue about children that have gone missing. The OJJDP website also includes up to nine programs that are offered to help juveniles. For anyone that may be concerned about the programs, they give all contact information and background checks on all that are listed. After being on the website, I found that it can be helpful to get information for our group project. My group’s project is about juveniles being incarcerated with adults. I found some information on the website where they question what is the youngest age that a juvenile can be transferred to criminal court for trial as an adult and if states have made it easier for juveniles to be tried as adults in criminal courts. If you go to the TOPICS tab, they have a long list of topics that you can learn more about. They even have arrest from years ago that we can look back on. I learned in the STATISTICS tab that in 2014, 75% of victims that experienced neglect, were white (44%), female (51%), and three years of age or younger (34%). Data shows that most delinquency case loads are from white males between the ages of fifteen and sixteen. I also seen in the STATISTICS tab that more than 70% of delinquent caseloads were done by males in 2015. I think the OJJDP website is a great source for essays and research papers for classes like this because of all the information it has to offer. -pieface007
The OJJDP stand for the the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. Overall the OJJDO Is an information, and resource center. This government office focuses solely on juveniles, by offerening statistics, answers to frequently asked questions on broad range of topics related to juveniles and the juvenile justice system. This website is beneficial to people wanting to know more about the juvenile justice system and ways to prevent/deter juvenile delinquency. My group was given the death penalty in regards to juveniles. To some, that may seem like a tough task, but with websites, such as OJJDP, the information needed is easily accessible. There were specific areas of the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention that I believe will help me to further my research in regards to juveniles getting the death penalty. I found information and statistics in the following areas: 1. The inmate population of juvenile offenders in all fifty states, that breaks down juvenile offenders into different races. This is helpful in terms of showing an overall picture of the gender and race of the offender. 2. Statistics in regards to poverty, which is beneficial in terms of learning why juveniles commit crime. Poverty being used as a factory that can be used to help paint a bigger picture of why a juvenile committed murder. 3. I found statistics on education, which is important when trying to get an ideal of the intelligence level of juvenile offenders, especially ones that commit murder. This include drop rates, that could be tied to troubles at home, such as having low-income. 4. Surveys/ data sets are helpful, specifically ones geared towards youth in custody. Data sets/ surveys, are useful in finding the right parameters and stats which are beneficial. 5. There were useful links on the OJJDP website, for example, the federal interagency forum on child and family statistics is useful in finding other factors that come into play in regards to children and their parents. 6. I found that there are statistics on violent juveniles who are minorities, this is important in terms of seeing which races of juveniles commit the most murders or other violent crimes. 7. I found it interesting that the judge has the power to punish or not to punish a juvenile in their courtroom. This is useful especially in the past when juveniles could still be eligible for the death penalty. 8. Murder is Murder the same for juveniles and adults, the only difference being that juveniles are no longer eligible to receive the death penalty. All in all I believe that is a good website, and source to use for the research paper for this class. The Stats, the links, etc are very helpful. --YouMustAcquit007--
Reading about OJJDP (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) I’ve found a lot of useful information regarding the use of juveniles. I’ve found some good information, the Legislation/JJDP Act: Congress enacted the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act in 1974. The landmark legislation established to support local and state efforts to prevent delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system. Here’s some information I’ve found out about the JJDP Act Milestones.
1974 • Act signed into law. • Created Formula Grants Program • Established the separation requirement • Established the deinstitutionalization of status offenders (DSO) requirement 1977 • Increased and expanded DSO and separation requirements • Emphasized prevention and treatment 1980 • Established jail removal requirements 1984 • Enhanced and amended jail removal requirements 1988 • Addressed disproportionate minority confinement (DMC) as a requirement 1982 • Amended DSO, jail removal, and separation requirements • Elevated DMC to a core requirement • Established the title V incentive Grants for local Delinquency Prevention Grants Programs (Title V) I’ve also come across some topics relevant to OJJDP publications, programs, funding opportunities, events and other resources. Child protection • Child abuse/ exploitation • Internet • Missing children • Safety/well-being Core Resources • Federal/states resources • OJJDP resources Corrections/Detention • Aftercare/reentry • Alternatives to incarceration • Confinement • Intake/assessment • Personnel • Probation Courts • Case management • Defense • Prosecution • Sentencing/sanctions • Waiver/transfer • Youth/specialty courts Victims • Exposure to violence • Juvenile victims • Victims of family violence • Victims of offenses by juveniles Prevention • Community/faith involvement • Conflict resolution • Family strengthening/parenting • Mentoring • Risk and protective factors • Youth involvement The OJJDP gives a lot of useful information you can look through, especially specifics topics you’re looking for. I was reading about the Human Trafficking and in 2017 more than 8500 cases of Human trafficking were reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Approximately 71% were cases of sex trafficking and 15% were cases of labor trafficking with minors accounting for approximately 29% of all trafficking cases reported to the hotline. -Dbaby007
While browsing through this website there was a lot of good information that can help with our group paper and little down the road can help with furthering your knowledge in the law enforcement field. The first interesting thing that I found was that they have a vision and mission statement page where they talk about what they envision for the future and what their current mission is. For this they envision a nation where children are free from crime and violence. There mission is relatively the same with a little more detail and background about the things they support and provide for the public. The second thing that attracted my eye was that they post their what they call “listening sessions”. This is a recording of policymakers, law enforcement, researchers and etc. who discuss current issues and how they would like to fix or mend the issue. It's cool to listen and hear how they work and breakdown what is working and what is not. The third interesting thing is that they have pages dedicated to blogs, press release and news so you can keep updated frequently on what is going on throughout the nation. They continually add to it and can always read up on the newest stories they you might have not heard about through your town. The fourth thing that I found was that they have a page called topics that have a whole list in alphabetical order that you can get more information on. For example they have a section for child abuse and listed under there is places for people to contact or different organizations that help prevent such child abuse. The fifth thing that I found very useful is they have a page with all the contacts from every state of any contact you will need for Juvenile delinquency. I thought this was very convenient because sometimes it is difficult to find numbers for certain agencies, but know it is in all one place that is organized and easy to find. The sixth thing that could come in handy is that they have a program section where they have multiple programs listed that could be helpful for the youth. Such as from mental health services to how to prevent delinquency. Some of theses include mentoring and tribal youth programs. The seventh thing that I found interesting was that they have a statistical briefing book that has a million different questions that are asked commonly and they have the answer directly on there. For example, one question is are most juveniles held in small facilities? Which they answer with about 56% are held in small facilities but 57% of those were medium facilities. Which is pretty interesting to know that there is many different questions on here that have a current answer. The last thing that caught my eye was that they have a publications page where they have multiple books that you can read to gain more knowledge about a certain topic. For example, there is a book on a law enforcement guide about international parental kidnapping. Which is quite interesting to think about and to know. -hollywood007
I agree with you when you say that it is interesting to read how the OJJDP has a vision and mission statement section, which explains how they want to create a nation where children can be free from crime and violence. By having this present, it shows how reliable and serious they are about what amazing things they are trying to do. This is an amazing place to find any info that you are looking for concerning the law and children. All of the facts, rules, guidelines, etc. are all present to help you find what you are looking for in the easiest ways possible. -Fozz007
For our term paper, my group received the topic of judicial waivers. The first item we could use for our paper is the fact that a juvenile can be sent to criminal court after the review of the case and a determination that probable cause exists to believe the juvenile committed the act. We would use this possibly when discussing the positives and negatives of judicial waivers. The second item we could use is the fact that a judge’s decision to send a juvenile to adult court depends on whether the juvenile is amendable to treatment in the juvenile system. This would be used as a discussion point of how this could be negative on the child or how is crazy to even consider allowing this method to be used in this decision-making process. The third item we would use is the fact that a crime committed by a juvenile could be so serious that the juvenile court cannot get involved due to the time period necessary to rehabilitate the youth. This could be used for talking about how the juvenile court needs to get more involved in cases where this occurs. The fourth item we could use is the statistic stating how in 2013, over 4,000 juvenile cases were waived, which made up for about 1% of all formally handled delinquency cases. This would be used to explain how so many juveniles are being sent to criminal court when there is no need to send them there. The fifth item we would use would be how property offense cases made up the largest part of waived juvenile cases. We could use this to compare and contrast how different crimes have different outcomes when it comes to judicial waivers. The sixth item we could use would be the statistic showing how since the mid-1990s, person offenses have outnumbered property offenses among waived cases. This could be used to show how certain crimes are growing and receiving judicial waivers. The seventh item we could use discusses how in 2013, almost half of all waived cases involved person offenses. This could be put into part of our paper where we would discuss why certain crimes are occurring more often and receiving judicial waivers compared to other crimes. The eighth item that would be used is the fact that prosecutors have the ability to argue that juveniles have been adjudicated several times previously and that interventions the juvenile court ordered have not prevented the youth from committing subsequent criminal acts. We would possibly use this as an area to explain how this ability that prosecutors have are ruining the lives of juveniles and other ways of handling judicial waivers need to be put into place. -Fozz007
While navigating through the office of juvenile Justice and delinquency of prevention was able to gather much information and facts. One of the first things I saw was that you had a access to tabs to see where all the funding is being used through programs underneath the juvenile umbrella. That could be very important especially considering many people are wanting the government to be more transparent especially with what they are doing with citizens taxes. The second thing I saw when I was searching through this website was that there are many articles and abstracts that give useful information especially information that could be used in academic papers. The website more specifically for my topic which is judicial waivers has around 85 publications and multiple press releases that I could potentially use when gathering support data and information for my paper. Another thing I found was that much like other criminal database is in is able to provide annual reports and other useful numbers for the public to look at the number of juvenile crimes. It also could be helpful when writing a academic paper because it gives specific numbers on age race and or gender. I also thought that the tab called programs could potential be a very useful tab for the public because it provides information on how to do numerous things to better and or prevent children from growing up and continuing a life of crime. I also found the OJJDP website also includes up to nine programs that are offered to help juveniles. For anyone that may be concerned about the programs, they give all contact information and background checks on all that are listed. Another thing I saw when I was navigating through this website was information about the national Center for missing and exploited children. Essentially this is a resource center and information center for issues on victims and missing and exploited children. There is a hotline you can call anytime and it is toll-free. Over all this is a very helpful website for the public to get information and also it will be much help for our papers. -RHB007
I think it is very interesting all of the possibilities this website offers for everyone in general but I think is very beneficial to us as criminal justice students but also in general to families that may have children behind bars as well or children that are genuinely curious. I like how they have a hotline as well. I did not notice that until I read your comment and went and looked back at it! -notacop007
I agree this is a very helpful website. Not only for parents of juveniles or missing children, but for research especially going into this field. stlblues007
While searching through OJJDP, there were many links and topics that I found to help strengthen and complete my group and I’s term paper. One thing I looked through that isn’t related to my topic, was the Missing Children link. From there, I navigated and found a page talking about Amber alerts. I read through the article and I found it to be very interesting, giving steps and processes for people of the Criminal Justice system to complete while searching for a missing child. The specific story talked about two children who were taken and the steps that were completed to bring justice to the situation they were put through. I found the article talking about five ways law enforcement can use data on juveniles interesting and a possible source for our paper. Using the data can predict and slow as well as keep the children safe from force or exercising discretion with younger people. Understanding crime in the community and identifying risk factors are ways that we could keep kids from causing trouble and ending up in prisons. An article talking about the best ways to combat gang problems is also useful because most gangs cause trouble resulting in the police putting an end to it. If we can keep kids out of gangs in the first place, then there is a much higher chance that they won't be imprisoned from activity related to a gang in the area. The article talks about intervention activities for kids already involved, and prevention activities for kids that may be peer pressured to join. Another article I read over, talked about the uneven amounts of minorities getting arrested and imprisoned. Minority children have trouble fitting in, they search for new friends to talk to and hangout with. This is what some gangs thrive on, allowing kids in so the kid can partake in the crime and receive a softer punishment while the kid feels like he is being accepted by the gang. Programs that encourage people of all colors, genders, religions, sexual orientations, and such allow for the kids to blend with each other and allows for them to build a friendship that could keep them from needing to find acceptance that a gang offers. Overall, I found the site to be very interesting packed with lots of important information that allows us to build a strong term paper and support our view of our topic. Jar007
I think the steps and processes that are given to people who are looking for missing children is a good idea. It’s sad to see how many missing children there are today. I also think getting kids out of gangs is a great idea because gangs are very dangerous and I think that will deniniflty lower the juvenile crime that is being committed. -Soccer31007
I agree with getting kids out of gangs. Kids have no business being in gangs. They need to be in school, or with friends their own age. Not with adults doing illegal activities that will only lead to a life of problems. If a kid is seen to have a gang affiliation, this could impact their chances of getting an education or even a job. Redranger007
I agree with the processes taken to find missing children being available to the public. It is always a good idea to help to comfort the families and make it known that things are being don. Them being frantic and worried about the investigation along the way helps no one and hurts everyone and keeping them informed can, in a way, help them to feel like they’re doing something rather than just feeling helpless and lost throughout the entire experience. They deserve all the help they can get in such a horrific a situation like this and I’m happy to see this website assists with that. Gray007
I found the vision statement interesting. I think that it’s a good idea that they want this to be beneficial to the young people that have been involved in the justice system. I think striving for something that is beneficial will help in the future with the rates of juveniles being in detention centers. I found it interesting that there is a youtube channel that they use to keep the people updated on different things. There was one video and the title of the video was 2018 Missing Children’s Day Ceremony-OJJDP Administrator. They talked about succeeding with making safer environments for children's. They also explained that the search for missing children will never end. They also have a video about managing change. It explained how the National Incident-Based Reporting System was applying different changes to help improve the quality of crime data that is possessed by law enforcement. I found one of the research projects interesting. It was called A longitudinal Evaluation of the Young Women Leaders Program. It’s main goal was understand potential long term impacts of a targeted combine group and what the one-on-one mentoring approach for the girls in the research project. I also found it interesting that in 2015, there was around 99,960 petitioned status offense cases that we covered in juvenile court. That number seemed kind of high to me. I found it interesting in the event tab they have a national missing children's day and I think that it’s a good idea becuase there are a lot of children still missing today. I also like how they have a calendar of what each day covers relating to the missing children topic. I found it interesting that there is a total number of 318 programs and there is a 58% of them being promising but I also found it interesting that there is a 19% of them being effective. I like how they keep people updated on what works and what doesn't. I think the Children Exposed to Violence and Victimization is a good one becuase that can really change a person depending on the situation. I found it interesting that they have listening sessions and I like that they have the families of the youths that are in the Justice system because it lets them have a voice and a say on the matter. I found it interesting on how much this website has to offer and how detailed they are about it. It’s also a great idea to keep people informed on what is happening and what future plans are. -Soccer31007
While looking at the webpage for the Office of Juvenile justice and Delinquency page, I found the following eight things useful: The news at a glance page broke down important events and cut right to the chase The Topics page provided information that could be useful for people with questions regarding public safety The State Contacts page is definitely important for people looking to contact personally contact someone with questions that may be specific to their state The library page would be great for programs looking to better themselves The First Time Visitor page is extremely helpful for people who are not sure what the website is about The Student page will likely be helpful to a student like myself who is doing a paper related to juvenile justice The Statistics page under “Tools” will be helpful in gaining knowledge of and resources for a research paper The about page is also helpful for explaining what the page is all about The OJJDP site can be a very useful in building a research paper, as it contains information pertaining to criminal justice of juveniles. In addition to its own information, the site also contains links to some other useful/helpful sites that pertain to the same information. The sites’ topic and first time user pages make the site easier to navigate, and to find the information you want without a lot of hassle. Redranger007
For the term paper my group chose "female and male delinquents" so we thought about talking about what ages women start getting into more serious crimes, what ages do most women and men calm down from doing delinquent acts, what ages do these men and women start acting out in school. We decided to do a bunch of statistics showing that women act out at certain ages and how it gets worse or better by aging and the same for men. With this OJJDP website it was super easy to find everything we were looking for about our topic..Here is what I found interesting so far.. Girls typically did not become involved in serious delinquency over a long period of time, even when girls were involved in more serious offending, they often returned to a home base of status and public disorder offending or to a non delinquent status after a year or two. Preventive intervention targeting delinquency in childhood should include both genders because girls' involvement in delinquency often begins early, however, some early delinquent behaviors- especially assaults- frequently cease after childhood. Girls most frequently used alcohol and/or drugs with the exception of girls in the earliest grades/ages (ages 4-5, 7-10) many girls involved in other delinquent behaviors also used alcohol and/or drugs. Girls began offending with a range of different behaviors, among those girls who did report delinquency, these behaviors usually began with less serious offenses- alcohol use, status offenses , or minor thefts. Other behaviors were less common as a first offense. No single kind of offense occurred first for a majority of girls. Boys are more likely to be gang affiliated and take after violent video games. Having a parent who owned a gun for sport increased the odds more than fivefold that a boy owned a gun for sport too. between 5 and 10 percent of boys you see in the street have hidden guns on them. Carrying hidden guns increased as these boys grew older by wave 10, when these boys were about 20 years old 10% carried hidden guns. Boys that were categorized under "difficult" by their mothers had an officially reported delinquency rate that was twice as high as normal. May boys still are at risk for the onset of specific problem behaviors ad may not have reached their peak years for delinquency. There are so many other things to learn about male delinquency on this website too, this website was built to inform you on many topics and could benefit a lot of people and inform them about the real statistics on whatever they are looking for. This website was very easy to use and to navigate. -freckles007
Juvenile delinquency is a topic I feel many do not dive right into because of the intense plausibility of error. Dealing with minors and their offenses are legally way different than dealing with an adults. My term paper does not have too much to deal with this type of website and information but the materials are still pretty helpful. The eight things that I found that are interesting are, 1. Facilities holding between 101 and 200 residents (8%) were the most likely to report operating above capacity in 2016. Although eight percent is a lower number, with the amount of juveniles we are dealing with and mentioned, it is not an ideal or good number. 2. More than half (56%) of facilities were small (holding 20 or fewer residents) but more than half (57%) of juvenile offenders were held in medium facilities (holding 21-100 residents) in 2016. This number is higher than I bargained both to be at but still not too surprising. There are quite a few children locked up. 3. On a typical day in 2014, about 4,200 persons younger than 18 were inmates in jails in the United States. Not as nearly as many adults we have behind bars but that is a higher number for minors in these places than there should be. 4. Just under 1,000 inmates age 17 or younger were under the custody of state prisons at the end of 2016. Under 18 years old is when you are considered a minor and the fact kids are getting put into prisons is a horrifying thought being so young because of t=what that sets their lives up for. 5. In 27 states, it is mandatory for the court to require a parent or guardian to pay at least part of the costs of confinement for their institutionalized delinquent children. This somewhat relates to my term paper because these parents have to fork out all this money for their children even thought their kids are locked up. 6. After 6 months, 41% of committed person offenders remained in placement. So not much difference in moving to different facilities for a lot of them. 7. Youth who are released from institutional confinement are more likely to succeed if they have access to services that can help them thrive in a non-institutional environment. This comes to show children being locked up is not as outcome happy as people think. 8. In 2016, Black, American Indian/Alaskan Natives, multiple race, and pacific islander youth were more likely to be victimized than white youth. -notacop007
In 1996 Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old girl, was abducted and murdered while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas. The community had contacted radio stations suggesting they broadcast special “alerts” over the airwaves so they could help prevent incidents in the future. Diana Simone, an lady from the community suggested a program be implemented allowing the use of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to notify the public when a child has gone missing/ been abducted. s. Simone’s only request was that this program be dedicated to the memory of Amber. A year later local enforcement and broadcasters created the AMBER Alerts in honor of Amber Hagerman. the program also known as America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response Plan, which broadcasters and transportation authorities immediately distribute information about recent child abductions to the public, enabling the entire community to assist in the search for and safe recovery of the child. What began as a local effort in Dallas, Texas, has grown into a seamless system of such programs across the country. Each year these Alerts save the lives of abducted children. Law enforcement officers collect data on specific crimes in he community for investigative and prosecution purposes by the very nature of their job; however, law enforcement agencies are increasingly embracing a data-informed approach in their overall crime-reduction strategy. There is a movement to become more rigorous about using data to identify crime trends and neighborhood hot-spots. Advances in automation have supported law enforcement’s ability to understand crime in their communities by demographics such as age and offense. Understanding patterns of juvenile crime in a community can support the law enforcement agency’s strategic plan and tactics and also help community partners develop and support targeted prevention strategies. the very nature of their job; however, law enforcement agencies are increasingly embracing a data-informed approach in their overall crime-reduction strategy. There is a movement to become more rigorous about using data to identify crime trends and neighborhood hot-spots. Advances in automation have supported law enforcement’s ability to understand crime in their communities by demographics such as age and offense. Understanding patterns of juvenile crime in a community can support the law enforcement agency’s strategic plan and tactics and also help community partners develop and support targeted prevention strategies. LLTS78 007
I also did a little reading into the Amber Hagerman story. It is an awesome tool to have to stop crime, but where it came from is awful. Finding out the patterns to juveniles would be fantastic, because we could finally figure out who to stop these bad tendencies. ^~^007
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a great, informational page on anything involving the justice system and minors. One thing I noticed about the website I like was how a section called, In Focus. These seemed like they were updated regularly, and it had some very hot topics to read on. For instance, national missing children had a bunch of articles to read on, or blogs. Or, if you wanted to read about the issue of human trafficking, you could view that as well. The website is just an open book of knowledge. I looked up comprehensive anti-gang initiative, and it went into great detail of how it starts, and how they are planning on lowering the number through various programs. Another topic I had found was in the In Focus tab. It was Child Abduction: Resources for Victims and family. It gave good facts of how this started, and how the law was put into place. It even shows how to go about reporting your child missing! You can find a research and statics on the left side of the webpage as well. This pages explains how this company is doing their own research and making their own experiments. It takes about their team, and even gives you the option to look at some of their past research. At the bottom of this OJJDP website, I noticed to quick links to some important websites. One of these websites were the amber alert official website. The other link was the National Sex Offender Public Website. The fact that these links on the website make it easier to look up other information for a certain paper. You can also find additional links, like one for the U.S. Justice system. If you are finding the website hard to navigate through, you can help go to a little help link to show around first time visitors. So new people to the website don’t get discouraged upon seeing the website at first. There’s also a huge deal of statistics in this website. You can easily use these to help write your paper! And one of the last things I did notice was how they have a bunch of funding all in a single tab. It’s all funding for a good cause. Mostly to do with grants, but also tends to furthermore enhance research into investigations, or programs to stop or help people get on with their lives. ^~^Itis007
The first thing I learned on the OJJDP website was that the OJJDP strives to strengthen the juvenile justice system and provides services that will address the needs of a youth and their family. The second thing I learned was that the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act established the OJJDP to help inform the youth and prevent delinquency. The third thing I learned was the JJDP Act was established in 1974. A fourth thing I learned, was this website is incredibly helpful to continue to learn about juveniles justice with all of the different tabs to look through. The fifth thing I liked was that it shows 9 different programs to help out juveniles and help them better their lives afterwards. The sixth thing I found interesting was the focus on National Missing Children’s Day. A day where parents can remember their children, and not to lose hope that they’ll come home. Another thing I learned was all the different topics this website has to offer. It shows news articles on juveniles, and has different categories of crime as well such as amber alerts and statistics. The last thing I found to be interesting was this website altogether. There’s so many different tabs, which is helpful, because there’s so many different, widespread topics to choose from and read about. stlblues007
The OJJDB website covers a variety of different topics in the criminal justice systems. Each one leads to a page filled with links to documents exploring multiple different aspects of the topic. The website goes deep into detail of the history, meaning, outcomes, and examples of each subject. It is an amazing resource for studying and I’ve already found multiple different helpful statistics and facts for the judicial waiver report our group has been assigned. For example, I wasn’t aware that EVERY state had laws allowing juveniles to be tried as adults under specific circumstances. There are 3 ways to waive a juvenile case to criminal court: judicial waiver (at the judge’s discretion), prosecutorial discretion, statutory exclusion from juvenile court jurisdiction (most commonly violent crimes like first degree murder). Every state has 1 or more of these policies. Most commonly known, judicial waivers grant judges the power to waive a case over to criminal court if they see fit. Although, in several states the adolescent and/or the parent can ask for a transfer. Most waivers involve drugs and person cases much more often than property or public order cases. Although, most waivers are limited by age, category of offense, offense history, and often treatment. Some believe that too many cases are being waived to criminal court which hinders the ability of the juvenile to be rehabilitated. In fact, 1 in 10 incarcerated adolescents are held in adult facilities and 31 states have a “once an adult always an adult” policy meaning every case from then on will be the jurisdiction of criminal court. Recently the number of adolescents incarcerated in adult facilities has dropped ever so slightly because of the principle established in 2005 deeming children being held to the same standard of adults is unconstitutional. Another fact I found alarming is that juveniles in adult facilities are 36 times more likely to commit suicide and are at the highest risk for sexual assault and being held in solitary confinement. Youths brains are years away from full development and they are in the most formative times of their lives so the things they experience in these facilities often follow them for the rest of their lives and alter both them and their perception on things permanently. That being said, in my opinion there is absolutely no reason they should be tried as adults and judicial waivers should be few and far between. Grey007
The OJJDB website covers a variety of different topics in the criminal justice systems. Each one leads to a page filled with links to documents exploring multiple different aspects of the topic. The website goes deep into detail of the history, meaning, outcomes, and examples of each subject. It is an amazing resource for studying and I’ve already found multiple different helpful statistics and facts for the judicial waiver report our group has been assigned. For example, I wasn’t aware that EVERY state had laws allowing juveniles to be tried as adults under specific circumstances. There are 3 ways to waive a juvenile case to criminal court: judicial waiver (at the judge’s discretion), prosecutorial discretion, statutory exclusion from juvenile court jurisdiction (most commonly violent crimes like first degree murder). Every state has 1 or more of these policies. Most commonly known, judicial waivers grant judges the power to waive a case over to criminal court if they see fit. Although, in several states the adolescent and/or the parent can ask for a transfer. Most waivers involve drugs and person cases much more often than property or public order cases. Although, most waivers are limited by age, category of offense, offense history, and often treatment. Some believe that too many cases are being waived to criminal court which hinders the ability of the juvenile to be rehabilitated. In fact, 1 in 10 incarcerated adolescents are held in adult facilities and 31 states have a “once an adult always an adult” policy meaning every case from then on will be the jurisdiction of criminal court. Recently the number of adolescents incarcerated in adult facilities has dropped ever so slightly because of the principle established in 2005 deeming children being held to the same standard of adults is unconstitutional. Another fact I found alarming is that juveniles in adult facilities are 36 times more likely to commit suicide and are at the highest risk for sexual assault and being held in solitary confinement. Youths brains are years away from full development and they are in the most formative times of their lives so the things they experience in these facilities often follow them for the rest of their lives and alter both them and their perception on things permanently. That being said, in my opinion there is absolutely no reason they should be tried as adults and judicial waivers should be few and far between. Gray007
In reading of the OJJDP (office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention) I’ve came to terms that this website is an informing and intriguing in many ways. I’ll be able to use a lot of this information in a report that I’m writing, it provides multiple tabs of information and that is reliable and creditable of the topic of juvenile delinquency.
ReplyDeleteThe OJJDP envisions a nation where all juveniles are free from crime, to me this is saying that all juveniles that come inContact with the justice system shouldn’t always be sentenced or treated like an adult, yes, some kids commit horrendous crimes and should be treated as such, but most kids if you correct them once probably more so wouldn’t commit that same act again. I’ll be able to use this in my report just a reference of how some programs doesn’t see kids as criminals and try to find alternatives to correct disorderly behavior.
While looking through the OJJDP website I came across some annual reports this is beneficial to people who are maybe trying to get a grasp of how justice system is is treating juveniles, the annual reports would probably be beneficial to my report if I needed any type of statistics.
The OJJDP topics of focus are
• Child protection
• Corse resources
• Correction/detention
• Courts
• Gender/Race/Ethnicity
• Health
• Law Enforcement
• Offending by juveniles
• Prevention
• School
• Statistics
• Victims
So, the OJJDP gives you a wide variety of different thing you can look through depending on what it is you are trying to find, these would be beneficial to my report because there’s just so much information there for to look through.
So, the OJJDP is operated by funders, meaning that a lot of hardworking people put that hard-earned money into this program. For a lot of people of people to do this when they are not persuaded to do so means that a lot of people don’t want to see juveniles get caught up in the system and by any means necessary will try to find an alternative ways, I totally agree with that because juveniles cannot help what social class they are in finically, and some can’t help if there parents aren’t good parents, and a lot of kids who are troubled comes from the home and when they get in troubled in the streets or where ever they get in trouble at for the simple fact that that’s all they see and what happens when that’s all you see you start to adapt because you don’t know any different.
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DeleteFor the term paper, my group received the topic of judicial waivers and what they are. Judicial waivers seem to be when a judge decided to move the juveniles case to adult court in order to punish them harder and stop them from being protected by the child's system. At first I thought this would be a hard topic to cover, but looking at OJJDP website, they have quite a bit of information regarding juveniles and how they go through the system. One of the things I think will be helpful from the sight is the “Alternatives to incarceration” tab which talks about how they are tried and charged so that kind of gives the opposing side of waivers. Another thing that I think would help is the offenses tab which describes what kids are doing to get in trouble. The school's tab will help because it will explain what kind of kids are more likely to commit serious crimes just based on their school work. Another helpful topic is mental health because of course if a minor has the mindset of an adult and commits crimes like an adult, then they should be tried like an adult in adult court rather than juvenile. The statistics tab can be a good source of evidence to use in the term paper because it provides specific facts on certain minorities and age groups. There is also a gender tab that describes what genders are more likely to commit criminal acts and possible be charged in adult court depending on the prosecutors opinion. I also feel like child protection has something to do with juveniles committing adult acts because a child looks at a parent for guidance and if their parents are goofing around and causing trouble then the kid will think that is normal. This will definitely help with the paper because children are not born committing crimes so I think it is safe to say that we need to pay attention to parenting skills and maybe even parental abuse that may cause anger or certain attitude trends that will lead to criminal acts capable of ending up in adult court with adult prosecution. The last thing that I found helpful was the website in general because it is easily citable and most law enforcement students know what it is and where to find it. It has lots of info and is strictly based on juveniles. GVFF007
ReplyDeleteI agree when you were talking about how we need to look at parenting skills because it is true that children do pick up things from their parents and start acting them out. And I think we have to look at it from generations to generations too because there are things that are passed down and become inherited. And we also need to look at society, society plays an huge role on a lot of things that are going on in households. Smiles007
DeleteI agree when you mentioned talking about how we need to look at parenting skills. Kids do imitate their parents actions. I agree with smiles also when talking about looking at society as it truly does play a role in how things happen at home. -CUBSFAN007
DeleteI agree that this website is extremely useful for citing. I will definitely use this website when I write my criminal justice papers because all of my criminal justice teachers will be familiar with it. I also agree that if we focus on parenting skills more than the abuse rate between parents and their children will go down.-BuffaloChickenDip007
DeleteI agree that this will be a great source to look use for the topic of judicial waivers just by looking at all of the articles it provides on the subject. I also agree that society and your home life can without a doubt play a major role in how a child develops. It could be picking up behaviors from parents at home or it could be from friends at school.
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I agree when everyone says this is a good source to use when looking or searching up about anything juvenile delinquency related..This site was very easy to use and navigate. I got so many interesting facts I did not know were even true about male and female delinquency. -freckles007
DeleteThe first thing that I found interested while using the OJJDP website, was what OJJDP stands for and that is Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The second thing that I found interesting was that in 2009, juvenile courts in the United States handled an estimate 1.5 million delinquency cases that involved juveniles charged with criminal law violations. The third thing that I had found interesting was about waiver to criminal court which talks about the topic that I am working on which is judicial waivers with juvenile delinquency. The article states that in most states, juvenile court judges may waive juvenile court jurisdiction in certain cases and transfer jurisdiction to criminal court so the juvenile can be tried as an adult. So for an example if a 15 years old had robbed and killed someone the kid, if the state there in has the judicial waver then they will go to court because of the seriousness of the crime that was committed, murder is a more serious crime but if the court decides that the juvenile did it on purpose then they will be charged as an adult so that is when Judaical Waiver comes into play. The fourth thing that I found interesting was that judge's decision generally centers on the issue of whether the juvenile is amenable to treatment in the juvenile system. The fifth thing that I have found interesting is that the prosecutors job during the waiver of the criminal court is they can argue that the juvenile has been adjudicated several times previously and that interventions the juvenile court have not prevented the youth from committed criminal subsequent criminal acts. So what that means is that the juvenile court did not teach the juvenile delinquency how not to commit a crime. The sixth thing I found interested was that the prosecute can also argue, that if the crime is so serious that the juvenile courts cannot intervene for the time period necessary to rehabilitate the youth. What this means that if the judge does not allow the juvenile to go to the juvenile courts how can the child get rehabilitated and basically learn how to not to do any more serious crimes. The seventh thing I learned was that in 1993, waived person offense increased 204% between 1985 and 1994 and then it fell back down through 2001. The last thing that I found interesting was the three broad categories for judicial waiver: discretionary, presumptive, and mandatory. Smiles007
ReplyDeleteWaivers always important to understand...Nice007
DeleteThat is an interesting fact that 1.5 million delinquency cases that involved juveniles charged with criminal law violations were handled by the juvenile courts. Why are there so many cases? What can we do to lower the number of cases? These questions need to be addressed so that the troubled youth can live a productive life and contribute to society. -ClarkKent007
DeleteWhile going through this website there is a lot of interesting facts about the OJJDP that can be useful to me now and if not now latter in my career in law enforcement. One of the first thing that I looked for was the goal of this agency. I ended up finding the mission statement in the about tab, this tab also had the vision of agency. The mission statement that the OJJDP provided states that OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports the efforts of states, tribes, and communities to develop and implement effective and equitable juvenile justice systems that enhance public safety, ensure youth are held appropriately accountable to both crime victims and communities, and empower youth to live productive, law-abiding lives. We need an agency like this so that troubled youths can live a productive life and stay out of trouble. When you first get on the main page of the OJJDP in the first glance down the left side there are tabs that lead you to a ton of information. When you go the topics tab there is tons of other tabs that tell you more information on a subject such as law enforcement, child protection, and many more useful subjects. For example when you go to the topics tab you can look under the offending by juveniles and see a subtopic of drug offenses. When you are in the drug offense they is even more information that you can see. The first thing in the list of publications is a file of 1992 arrest recorders of juveniles by the FBI. Another tab you can go to is the programs tab. The programs tab covers the field of youth courts all the way to delinquency prevention then to tribal programs to mental health initiatives. Some of the example they gave were Disproportionate Minority contact, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, mentoring, Tribal Youth Programs and Services, and a more programs tab. When you clicked on the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force tab it gives you and overview that states it helps the state and local law enforcement agencies to develop an effective response to technology facilitates child sexual exploitation and internet crimes against children. It even has an event tab where it shows events that are coming up. One event that is interesting is the Restorative process. This event is a webinar so you can be anywhere in the world and watch this event. -ClarkKent007
ReplyDeleteThe first thing I learned on the OJJDP site was that in 1974, Congress enacted the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act. This legislation established OJJDP to support local and state efforts to prevent delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system overall. The second thing I learned was that in 2002, congress reauthorized the JJDP Act. The reauthorization supported OJJDP's established mission while introducing important changes that streamlined the Office's operations. This also made the scope of the OJJDP broader. The third thing I learned was who the administrator is of the JJDP is. Her name is Caren Harp. She was sworn in as Administrator on January 19, 2018. The next thing I learned was about the Coordination Council. The Coordination Council is an independent body within the executive branch of the federal government. The Council coordinates all federal programs and activities related to juvenile delinquency prevention, the care or detention of unaccompanied juveniles, and missing and exploited children. Part of the Council’s duty is to make annual recommendations to Congress regarding juvenile justice policies and priorities. The Council also holds quarterly meetings open to the public that provide a forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and research findings. The next thing I learned about was The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. This serves as an information and national resource center on issues related to victims, missing and exploited children and operates a national toll-free hotline. Another thing I learned was in 1992 the FBI crime report for that year stated that law enforcement agencies made 2.3 million arrests of persons below the age of 18. These juveniles were responsible for 16% of all arrests in 1992. Juveniles were involved in 15% of murder arrests, 16% of forcible rape, 26% of robbery, 15% of aggravated assault, 34% of
ReplyDeleteburglary, 44% of motor vehicle theft, 23% of weapon, and 23% of drug law violation arrests. The last thing I learned was from this same report. In 1992, the FBI stated that females were involved in 23% of all juvenile arrests. -CUBSFAN007
It is interesting to me that the year Congress enacted the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act was in 1974, but the earliest possible data you can find on the OJJDP site is 1992. I understand that the 90's is when the internet came around, but I am wondering if they have any earlier statistics around but have not published them or computerized the documents. -CAPMARVEL007
DeleteThe OJJDP, short for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, is a very fun to look at website. I spent a great deal of time navigating through the different tabs of information. This website gives a lot of different information, and even has a focus section. In the focus section today there was a lot on the National Missing Children’s Day. National missing children’s day is a day to hopefully bring attention to all of the missing children, and hopefully bring some of them home to their families. There is an award ceremony as well which includes awards such as the Missing Children’s Citizen Award and the Missing Children’s Child Protection Award. Another interesting subject I found on this website is the section on human trafficking. I didn’t know that more than 8,500 human trafficking cases were reported in 2017 to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. 71% of those were sex trafficking cases. That’s really sad to think about when you look at how many human trafficking cases there were in total. The OJJDP also gives a lot of resources such as the National Mentoring Resource Center. The OJJDP also has a lot of information on Federal Funding. One of my favorite things that I found on this website is the Federal Business Opportunities that they give you access to. You can search for Federal jobs that are available, and you can even narrow it down to the state you live in. Some of the main topics that the OJJDP focusses on are child protection, corrections and detention, health, schools, and law enforcement. By clicking on the law enforcement tab I was able to look at some arrests. I was also able to look at the juvenile arrests for hate crimes or drug offenses in 2006. This was under the offending by juveniles tab which included some other offenses to categorize by such as sex offenses and violent offenses. Another cool thing that I was able to see on this website is the events coming up in September. It shows the list of events that are coming up in the near future. These include Child Homicide Investigations and Investigations and Prosecutions of Cold Case Homicides. There is also a guide for youth in long term juvenile corrections and treatment programs. I can also look at information about the OJJDP such as the staff, their employment listings, and annual reports. -BuffaloChickenDip007
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the sex trafficking. It is becoming such a big problem in our society today. It's even scarier that we see it hitting closer and closer to home each day. It is just not safe in the world anymore. It's so sad that many have to fear just walking to school or even driving on the interstate because someone could be following them. Sex trafficking is such a big problem and something needs to be done quickly or those numbers will raise each year. In the near future, hopefully the twisted sex ring can be disposed of.
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While looking through the Amber Alert sight, there was an article talking about a little girl and boy that were both taken and abused by a man out in the desert, both physically and sexually. What I’m getting at is that we need to do a better job of missing persons reports and keep a closer eye out for those missing kids, often they go missing and then are taken into sex trafficking because they have no place to stay and trust the person that persuades them to join the group. By keeping a closer eye out of kids missing, that could lower and keep kids safe from sex trafficking, and by using Amber Alerts to notify people near, that only helps the chance of finding the kid before somebody else does and takes advantage of them. Jar007
DeleteThe one thing that I was disappointed about was that I was unable to find a study in the OJJDP site that was girls versus boys, only solely girls or solely boys research and studies. With statistics, in order to accurately grade research and put it across the board one has to have the same research and experimentation method for the groups. I understand that this type of experimentation is not ethical, but I have seen these studies before and they are eye opening in the subject of different emotional responses between genders. The first fact that I found interesting as that in 2015, 49% of juvenile homicides were with a firearm. Another thing that was interesting was juvenile sex assaults peak in the mid-to-late morning hours while adult sexual assault happens more often in the late evening. The OJJDP also seems to be getting most of its data from third-party sources that collect data from multiple databases. Another interesting fact is that White and Hispanic races are more likely to be convicted with drug violations, DUI’s, liquor law violations, vandalism and than Blacks. Also, Illinois currently is the lowest reporting coverage state in the US at 22% while eight state are at 100% reporting coverage. Another interesting fact on juveniles is that they are just as likely to be victims of a serious crime at school or on their way to or from school; and more likely to be a victim of any crime at school than away from school. Kinda makes you think that nowhere is safe. I also found out through some major digging throughout the site as I did not want to state the obvious that in 2014 the US issued 186 AMBER alerts for 236 children throughout the year with 56% of them being statewide alerts; 5 of which were in Illinois. While compared to all other races separately, Whites were still more likely to have and AMBER alert issued for them, but with all other races combined they made up the majority over solely white victims. Most of the abductors ended up being the child’s mother or father! The world is a very interesting place for children and it is weird to think that your parents could be the one’s abducting you. Time reported since they went missing was usually between 1-12 hours and the child was usually found between 1-24 hours after being reported missing/abducted. 95 percent of children that had an AMBER alert out for them were found within 72 hours of when the went missing. -CAPMARVEL007
ReplyDeleteI did not get into the AMBER alert areas on the website, so your comment was very interesting to me. It is crazy how most of the abductors were one of the children’s parents. Maybe one of the parents did not let the other see the child so they felt the only way to get them was to sneak and do it. They probably never would’ve thought the other parent would put out an AMBER alert. It is good that 95 percent of the children on the AMBER alerts were able to be found even if it did take up to three days. -pieface007
DeleteHi, sometimes you do not get the exact stats that you need. But anything that is relative to your topic is important. Research can be frustrating, especially when whatever you type in a search engine does not give you what you need. Sites like OJJDP are useful in terms of having credibility. The stats on the OJJDP website cover both the juveniles and the family. That is something to consider, especially when trying to differentiate between 2 parent and single parent house holds for example. Keep in mind that sites like the OJJDP are useful in picking and choosing what info and stats will be useful. --YouMustAcquit007--
DeleteThere is a lot someone can learn from this website. Something that stood out to me while looking through this website, was that they have a National Missing Children’s Day. I found it quite interesting. Missing Children’s Day is a day set for parents, guardians, etc. to have a reminder to not lose hope in finding those children that are missing. I think this was a good idea because most people will lose hope and think of the worse that could have happened to their child but with this day, it can push them to keep looking and not to give up. It also reminds them that they are not the only ones and they have the U.S. Department of Justice on their side. I like how the OJJDP have a poster contest for younger ones so they are aware of what is going on and the contest also gives everyone the chance to bring up the issue about children that have gone missing. The OJJDP website also includes up to nine programs that are offered to help juveniles. For anyone that may be concerned about the programs, they give all contact information and background checks on all that are listed. After being on the website, I found that it can be helpful to get information for our group project. My group’s project is about juveniles being incarcerated with adults. I found some information on the website where they question what is the youngest age that a juvenile can be transferred to criminal court for trial as an adult and if states have made it easier for juveniles to be tried as adults in criminal courts. If you go to the TOPICS tab, they have a long list of topics that you can learn more about. They even have arrest from years ago that we can look back on. I learned in the STATISTICS tab that in 2014, 75% of victims that experienced neglect, were white (44%), female (51%), and three years of age or younger (34%). Data shows that most delinquency case loads are from white males between the ages of fifteen and sixteen. I also seen in the STATISTICS tab that more than 70% of delinquent caseloads were done by males in 2015. I think the OJJDP website is a great source for essays and research papers for classes like this because of all the information it has to offer. -pieface007
ReplyDeleteThe OJJDP stand for the the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. Overall the OJJDO Is an information, and resource center. This government office focuses solely on juveniles, by offerening statistics, answers to frequently asked questions on broad range of topics related to juveniles and the juvenile justice system. This website is beneficial to people wanting to know more about the juvenile justice system and ways to prevent/deter juvenile delinquency. My group was given the death penalty in regards to juveniles. To some, that may seem like a tough task, but with websites, such as OJJDP, the information needed is easily accessible.
ReplyDeleteThere were specific areas of the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention that I believe will help me to further my research in regards to juveniles getting the death penalty. I found information and statistics in the following areas: 1. The inmate population of juvenile offenders in all fifty states, that breaks down juvenile offenders into different races. This is helpful in terms of showing an overall picture of the gender and race of the offender. 2. Statistics in regards to poverty, which is beneficial in terms of learning why juveniles commit crime. Poverty being used as a factory that can be used to help paint a bigger picture of why a juvenile committed murder. 3. I found statistics on education, which is important when trying to get an ideal of the intelligence level of juvenile offenders, especially ones that commit murder. This include drop rates, that could be tied to troubles at home, such as having low-income. 4. Surveys/ data sets are helpful, specifically ones geared towards youth in custody. Data sets/ surveys, are useful in finding the right parameters and stats which are beneficial. 5. There were useful links on the OJJDP website, for example, the federal interagency forum on child and family statistics is useful in finding other factors that come into play in regards to children and their parents. 6. I found that there are statistics on violent juveniles who are minorities, this is important in terms of seeing which races of juveniles commit the most murders or other violent crimes. 7. I found it interesting that the judge has the power to punish or not to punish a juvenile in their courtroom. This is useful especially in the past when juveniles could still be eligible for the death penalty. 8. Murder is Murder the same for juveniles and adults, the only difference being that juveniles are no longer eligible to receive the death penalty. All in all I believe that is a good website, and source to use for the research paper for this class. The Stats, the links, etc are very helpful. --YouMustAcquit007--
Reading about OJJDP (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) I’ve found a lot of useful information regarding the use of juveniles. I’ve found some good information, the Legislation/JJDP Act: Congress enacted the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act in 1974. The landmark legislation established to support local and state efforts to prevent delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system. Here’s some information I’ve found out about the JJDP Act Milestones.
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• Act signed into law.
• Created Formula Grants Program
• Established the separation requirement
• Established the deinstitutionalization of status offenders (DSO) requirement
1977
• Increased and expanded DSO and separation requirements
• Emphasized prevention and treatment
1980
• Established jail removal requirements
1984
• Enhanced and amended jail removal requirements
1988
• Addressed disproportionate minority confinement (DMC) as a requirement
1982
• Amended DSO, jail removal, and separation requirements
• Elevated DMC to a core requirement
• Established the title V incentive Grants for local Delinquency Prevention Grants Programs (Title V)
I’ve also come across some topics relevant to OJJDP publications, programs, funding opportunities, events and other resources.
Child protection
• Child abuse/ exploitation
• Internet
• Missing children
• Safety/well-being
Core Resources
• Federal/states resources
• OJJDP resources
Corrections/Detention
• Aftercare/reentry
• Alternatives to incarceration
• Confinement
• Intake/assessment
• Personnel
• Probation
Courts
• Case management
• Defense
• Prosecution
• Sentencing/sanctions
• Waiver/transfer
• Youth/specialty courts
Victims
• Exposure to violence
• Juvenile victims
• Victims of family violence
• Victims of offenses by juveniles
Prevention
• Community/faith involvement
• Conflict resolution
• Family strengthening/parenting
• Mentoring
• Risk and protective factors
• Youth involvement
The OJJDP gives a lot of useful information you can look through, especially specifics topics you’re looking for. I was reading about the Human Trafficking and in 2017 more than 8500 cases of Human trafficking were reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Approximately 71% were cases of sex trafficking and 15% were cases of labor trafficking with minors accounting for approximately 29% of all trafficking cases reported to the hotline.
-Dbaby007
While browsing through this website there was a lot of good information that can help with our group paper and little down the road can help with furthering your knowledge in the law enforcement field. The first interesting thing that I found was that they have a vision and mission statement page where they talk about what they envision for the future and what their current mission is. For this they envision a nation where children are free from crime and violence. There mission is relatively the same with a little more detail and background about the things they support and provide for the public. The second thing that attracted my eye was that they post their what they call “listening sessions”. This is a recording of policymakers, law enforcement, researchers and etc. who discuss current issues and how they would like to fix or mend the issue. It's cool to listen and hear how they work and breakdown what is working and what is not. The third interesting thing is that they have pages dedicated to blogs, press release and news so you can keep updated frequently on what is going on throughout the nation. They continually add to it and can always read up on the newest stories they you might have not heard about through your town. The fourth thing that I found was that they have a page called topics that have a whole list in alphabetical order that you can get more information on. For example they have a section for child abuse and listed under there is places for people to contact or different organizations that help prevent such child abuse. The fifth thing that I found very useful is they have a page with all the contacts from every state of any contact you will need for Juvenile delinquency. I thought this was very convenient because sometimes it is difficult to find numbers for certain agencies, but know it is in all one place that is organized and easy to find. The sixth thing that could come in handy is that they have a program section where they have multiple programs listed that could be helpful for the youth. Such as from mental health services to how to prevent delinquency. Some of theses include mentoring and tribal youth programs. The seventh thing that I found interesting was that they have a statistical briefing book that has a million different questions that are asked commonly and they have the answer directly on there. For example, one question is are most juveniles held in small facilities? Which they answer with about 56% are held in small facilities but 57% of those were medium facilities. Which is pretty interesting to know that there is many different questions on here that have a current answer. The last thing that caught my eye was that they have a publications page where they have multiple books that you can read to gain more knowledge about a certain topic. For example, there is a book on a law enforcement guide about international parental kidnapping. Which is quite interesting to think about and to know.
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I agree with you when you say that it is interesting to read how the OJJDP has a vision and mission statement section, which explains how they want to create a nation where children can be free from crime and violence. By having this present, it shows how reliable and serious they are about what amazing things they are trying to do. This is an amazing place to find any info that you are looking for concerning the law and children. All of the facts, rules, guidelines, etc. are all present to help you find what you are looking for in the easiest ways possible.
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For our term paper, my group received the topic of judicial waivers. The first item we could use for our paper is the fact that a juvenile can be sent to criminal court after the review of the case and a determination that probable cause exists to believe the juvenile committed the act. We would use this possibly when discussing the positives and negatives of judicial waivers. The second item we could use is the fact that a judge’s decision to send a juvenile to adult court depends on whether the juvenile is amendable to treatment in the juvenile system. This would be used as a discussion point of how this could be negative on the child or how is crazy to even consider allowing this method to be used in this decision-making process. The third item we would use is the fact that a crime committed by a juvenile could be so serious that the juvenile court cannot get involved due to the time period necessary to rehabilitate the youth. This could be used for talking about how the juvenile court needs to get more involved in cases where this occurs. The fourth item we could use is the statistic stating how in 2013, over 4,000 juvenile cases were waived, which made up for about 1% of all formally handled delinquency cases. This would be used to explain how so many juveniles are being sent to criminal court when there is no need to send them there. The fifth item we would use would be how property offense cases made up the largest part of waived juvenile cases. We could use this to compare and contrast how different crimes have different outcomes when it comes to judicial waivers. The sixth item we could use would be the statistic showing how since the mid-1990s, person offenses have outnumbered property offenses among waived cases. This could be used to show how certain crimes are growing and receiving judicial waivers. The seventh item we could use discusses how in 2013, almost half of all waived cases involved person offenses. This could be put into part of our paper where we would discuss why certain crimes are occurring more often and receiving judicial waivers compared to other crimes. The eighth item that would be used is the fact that prosecutors have the ability to argue that juveniles have been adjudicated several times previously and that interventions the juvenile court ordered have not prevented the youth from committing subsequent criminal acts. We would possibly use this as an area to explain how this ability that prosecutors have are ruining the lives of juveniles and other ways of handling judicial waivers need to be put into place.
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While navigating through the office of juvenile Justice and delinquency of prevention was able to gather much information and facts. One of the first things I saw was that you had a access to tabs to see where all the funding is being used through programs underneath the juvenile umbrella. That could be very important especially considering many people are wanting the government to be more transparent especially with what they are doing with citizens taxes. The second thing I saw when I was searching through this website was that there are many articles and abstracts that give useful information especially information that could be used in academic papers. The website more specifically for my topic which is judicial waivers has around 85 publications and multiple press releases that I could potentially use when gathering support data and information for my paper. Another thing I found was that much like other criminal database is in is able to provide annual reports and other useful numbers for the public to look at the number of juvenile crimes. It also could be helpful when writing a academic paper because it gives specific numbers on age race and or gender. I also thought that the tab called programs could potential be a very useful tab for the public because it provides information on how to do numerous things to better and or prevent children from growing up and continuing a life of crime. I also found the OJJDP website also includes up to nine programs that are offered to help juveniles. For anyone that may be concerned about the programs, they give all contact information and background checks on all that are listed. Another thing I saw when I was navigating through this website was information about the national Center for missing and exploited children. Essentially this is a resource center and information center for issues on victims and missing and exploited children. There is a hotline you can call anytime and it is toll-free. Over all this is a very helpful website for the public to get information and also it will be much help for our papers.
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I think it is very interesting all of the possibilities this website offers for everyone in general but I think is very beneficial to us as criminal justice students but also in general to families that may have children behind bars as well or children that are genuinely curious. I like how they have a hotline as well. I did not notice that until I read your comment and went and looked back at it! -notacop007
DeleteI agree this is a very helpful website. Not only for parents of juveniles or missing children, but for research especially going into this field. stlblues007
DeleteWhile searching through OJJDP, there were many links and topics that I found to help strengthen and complete my group and I’s term paper. One thing I looked through that isn’t related to my topic, was the Missing Children link. From there, I navigated and found a page talking about Amber alerts. I read through the article and I found it to be very interesting, giving steps and processes for people of the Criminal Justice system to complete while searching for a missing child. The specific story talked about two children who were taken and the steps that were completed to bring justice to the situation they were put through. I found the article talking about five ways law enforcement can use data on juveniles interesting and a possible source for our paper. Using the data can predict and slow as well as keep the children safe from force or exercising discretion with younger people. Understanding crime in the community and identifying risk factors are ways that we could keep kids from causing trouble and ending up in prisons. An article talking about the best ways to combat gang problems is also useful because most gangs cause trouble resulting in the police putting an end to it. If we can keep kids out of gangs in the first place, then there is a much higher chance that they won't be imprisoned from activity related to a gang in the area. The article talks about intervention activities for kids already involved, and prevention activities for kids that may be peer pressured to join. Another article I read over, talked about the uneven amounts of minorities getting arrested and imprisoned. Minority children have trouble fitting in, they search for new friends to talk to and hangout with. This is what some gangs thrive on, allowing kids in so the kid can partake in the crime and receive a softer punishment while the kid feels like he is being accepted by the gang. Programs that encourage people of all colors, genders, religions, sexual orientations, and such allow for the kids to blend with each other and allows for them to build a friendship that could keep them from needing to find acceptance that a gang offers. Overall, I found the site to be very interesting packed with lots of important information that allows us to build a strong term paper and support our view of our topic. Jar007
ReplyDeleteI think the steps and processes that are given to people who are looking for missing children is a good idea. It’s sad to see how many missing children there are today. I also think getting kids out of gangs is a great idea because gangs are very dangerous and I think that will deniniflty lower the juvenile crime that is being committed. -Soccer31007
DeleteI agree with getting kids out of gangs. Kids have no business being in gangs. They need to be in school, or with friends their own age. Not with adults doing illegal activities that will only lead to a life of problems. If a kid is seen to have a gang affiliation, this could impact their chances of getting an education or even a job. Redranger007
DeleteI agree with the processes taken to find missing children being available to the public. It is always a good idea to help to comfort the families and make it known that things are being don. Them being frantic and worried about the investigation along the way helps no one and hurts everyone and keeping them informed can, in a way, help them to feel like they’re doing something rather than just feeling helpless and lost throughout the entire experience. They deserve all the help they can get in such a horrific a situation like this and I’m happy to see this website assists with that.
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I found the vision statement interesting. I think that it’s a good idea that they want this to be beneficial to the young people that have been involved in the justice system. I think striving for something that is beneficial will help in the future with the rates of juveniles being in detention centers. I found it interesting that there is a youtube channel that they use to keep the people updated on different things. There was one video and the title of the video was 2018 Missing Children’s Day Ceremony-OJJDP Administrator. They talked about succeeding with making safer environments for children's. They also explained that the search for missing children will never end. They also have a video about managing change. It explained how the National Incident-Based Reporting System was applying different changes to help improve the quality of crime data that is possessed by law enforcement. I found one of the research projects interesting. It was called A longitudinal Evaluation of the Young Women Leaders Program. It’s main goal was understand potential long term impacts of a targeted combine group and what the one-on-one mentoring approach for the girls in the research project. I also found it interesting that in 2015, there was around 99,960 petitioned status offense cases that we covered in juvenile court. That number seemed kind of high to me. I found it interesting in the event tab they have a national missing children's day and I think that it’s a good idea becuase there are a lot of children still missing today. I also like how they have a calendar of what each day covers relating to the missing children topic. I found it interesting that there is a total number of 318 programs and there is a 58% of them being promising but I also found it interesting that there is a 19% of them being effective. I like how they keep people updated on what works and what doesn't. I think the Children Exposed to Violence and Victimization is a good one becuase that can really change a person depending on the situation. I found it interesting that they have listening sessions and I like that they have the families of the youths that are in the Justice system because it lets them have a voice and a say on the matter. I found it interesting on how much this website has to offer and how detailed they are about it. It’s also a great idea to keep people informed on what is happening and what future plans are. -Soccer31007
ReplyDeleteWhile looking at the webpage for the Office of Juvenile justice and Delinquency page, I found the following eight things useful:
ReplyDeleteThe news at a glance page broke down important events and cut right to the chase
The Topics page provided information that could be useful for people with questions regarding public safety
The State Contacts page is definitely important for people looking to contact personally contact someone with questions that may be specific to their state
The library page would be great for programs looking to better themselves
The First Time Visitor page is extremely helpful for people who are not sure what the website is about
The Student page will likely be helpful to a student like myself who is doing a paper related to juvenile justice
The Statistics page under “Tools” will be helpful in gaining knowledge of and resources for a research paper
The about page is also helpful for explaining what the page is all about
The OJJDP site can be a very useful in building a research paper, as it contains information pertaining to criminal justice of juveniles. In addition to its own information, the site also contains links to some other useful/helpful sites that pertain to the same information. The sites’ topic and first time user pages make the site easier to navigate, and to find the information you want without a lot of hassle. Redranger007
For the term paper my group chose "female and male delinquents" so we thought about talking about what ages women start getting into more serious crimes, what ages do most women and men calm down from doing delinquent acts, what ages do these men and women start acting out in school. We decided to do a bunch of statistics showing that women act out at certain ages and how it gets worse or better by aging and the same for men. With this OJJDP website it was super easy to find everything we were looking for about our topic..Here is what I found interesting so far..
ReplyDeleteGirls typically did not become involved in serious delinquency over a long period of time, even when girls were involved in more serious offending, they often returned to a home base of status and public disorder offending or to a non delinquent status after a year or two.
Preventive intervention targeting delinquency in childhood should include both genders because girls' involvement in delinquency often begins early, however, some early delinquent behaviors- especially assaults- frequently cease after childhood.
Girls most frequently used alcohol and/or drugs with the exception of girls in the earliest grades/ages (ages 4-5, 7-10) many girls involved in other delinquent behaviors also used alcohol and/or drugs.
Girls began offending with a range of different behaviors, among those girls who did report delinquency, these behaviors usually began with less serious offenses- alcohol use, status offenses , or minor thefts. Other behaviors were less common as a first offense. No single kind of offense occurred first for a majority of girls. Boys are more likely to be gang affiliated and take after violent video games.
Having a parent who owned a gun for sport increased the odds more than fivefold that a boy owned a gun for sport too.
between 5 and 10 percent of boys you see in the street have hidden guns on them. Carrying hidden guns increased as these boys grew older by wave 10, when these boys were about 20 years old 10% carried hidden guns. Boys that were categorized under "difficult" by their mothers had an officially reported delinquency rate that was twice as high as normal. May boys still are at risk for the onset of specific problem behaviors ad may not have reached their peak years for delinquency. There are so many other things to learn about male delinquency on this website too, this website was built to inform you on many topics and could benefit a lot of people and inform them about the real statistics on whatever they are looking for. This website was very easy to use and to navigate. -freckles007
Juvenile delinquency is a topic I feel many do not dive right into because of the intense plausibility of error. Dealing with minors and their offenses are legally way different than dealing with an adults. My term paper does not have too much to deal with this type of website and information but the materials are still pretty helpful. The eight things that I found that are interesting are, 1. Facilities holding between 101 and 200 residents (8%) were the most likely to report operating above capacity in 2016. Although eight percent is a lower number, with the amount of juveniles we are dealing with and mentioned, it is not an ideal or good number. 2. More than half (56%) of facilities were small (holding 20 or fewer residents) but more than half (57%) of juvenile offenders were held in medium facilities (holding 21-100 residents) in 2016. This number is higher than I bargained both to be at but still not too surprising. There are quite a few children locked up. 3. On a typical day in 2014, about 4,200 persons younger than 18 were inmates in jails in the United States. Not as nearly as many adults we have behind bars but that is a higher number for minors in these places than there should be. 4. Just under 1,000 inmates age 17 or younger were under the custody of state prisons at the end of 2016. Under 18 years old is when you are considered a minor and the fact kids are getting put into prisons is a horrifying thought being so young because of t=what that sets their lives up for. 5. In 27 states, it is mandatory for the court to require a parent or guardian to pay at least part of the costs of confinement for their institutionalized delinquent children. This somewhat relates to my term paper because these parents have to fork out all this money for their children even thought their kids are locked up. 6. After 6 months, 41% of committed person offenders remained in placement. So not much difference in moving to different facilities for a lot of them. 7. Youth who are released from institutional confinement are more likely to succeed if they have access to services that can help them thrive in a non-institutional environment. This comes to show children being locked up is not as outcome happy as people think. 8. In 2016, Black, American Indian/Alaskan Natives, multiple race, and pacific islander youth were more likely to be victimized than white youth. -notacop007
ReplyDeleteIn 1996 Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old girl, was abducted and murdered while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas. The community had contacted radio stations suggesting they broadcast special “alerts” over the airwaves so they could help prevent incidents in the future. Diana Simone, an lady from the community suggested a program be implemented allowing the use of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to notify the public when a child has gone missing/ been abducted. s. Simone’s only request was that this program be dedicated to the memory of Amber. A year later local enforcement and broadcasters created the AMBER Alerts in honor of Amber Hagerman. the program also known as America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response Plan, which broadcasters and transportation authorities immediately distribute information about recent child abductions to the public, enabling the entire community to assist in the search for and safe recovery of the child. What began as a local effort in Dallas, Texas, has grown into a seamless system of such programs across the country. Each year these Alerts save the lives of abducted children. Law enforcement officers collect data on specific crimes in he community for investigative and prosecution purposes by the very nature of their job; however, law
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data-informed approach in their overall crime-reduction
strategy. There is a movement to become more rigorous about using data to identify crime trends and neighborhood hot-spots. Advances in automation have supported law enforcement’s ability to understand crime in their communities by demographics such as age and offense. Understanding patterns of juvenile crime in a community can support the law enforcement agency’s strategic plan and tactics and also help
community partners develop and support targeted prevention strategies. the very nature of their job; however, law enforcement agencies are increasingly embracing a data-informed approach in their overall crime-reduction strategy. There is a movement to become more rigorous about using data to identify crime trends and neighborhood hot-spots. Advances in automation have supported law enforcement’s ability to understand crime in their communities by demographics such as age and offense. Understanding patterns of juvenile crime in a community can support the law enforcement agency’s strategic plan and tactics and also help community partners develop and support targeted prevention strategies. LLTS78 007
I also did a little reading into the Amber Hagerman story. It is an awesome tool to have to stop crime, but where it came from is awful. Finding out the patterns to juveniles would be fantastic, because we could finally figure out who to stop these bad tendencies.
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a great, informational page on anything involving the justice system and minors. One thing I noticed about the website I like was how a section called, In Focus. These seemed like they were updated regularly, and it had some very hot topics to read on. For instance, national missing children had a bunch of articles to read on, or blogs. Or, if you wanted to read about the issue of human trafficking, you could view that as well. The website is just an open book of knowledge. I looked up comprehensive anti-gang initiative, and it went into great detail of how it starts, and how they are planning on lowering the number through various programs. Another topic I had found was in the In Focus tab. It was Child Abduction: Resources for Victims and family. It gave good facts of how this started, and how the law was put into place. It even shows how to go about reporting your child missing! You can find a research and statics on the left side of the webpage as well. This pages explains how this company is doing their own research and making their own experiments. It takes about their team, and even gives you the option to look at some of their past research. At the bottom of this OJJDP website, I noticed to quick links to some important websites. One of these websites were the amber alert official website. The other link was the National Sex Offender Public Website. The fact that these links on the website make it easier to look up other information for a certain paper. You can also find additional links, like one for the U.S. Justice system. If you are finding the website hard to navigate through, you can help go to a little help link to show around first time visitors. So new people to the website don’t get discouraged upon seeing the website at first. There’s also a huge deal of statistics in this website. You can easily use these to help write your paper! And one of the last things I did notice was how they have a bunch of funding all in a single tab. It’s all funding for a good cause. Mostly to do with grants, but also tends to furthermore enhance research into investigations, or programs to stop or help people get on with their lives.
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The first thing I learned on the OJJDP website was that the OJJDP strives to strengthen the juvenile justice system and provides services that will address the needs of a youth and their family. The second thing I learned was that the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act established the OJJDP to help inform the youth and prevent delinquency. The third thing I learned was the JJDP Act was established in 1974. A fourth thing I learned, was this website is incredibly helpful to continue to learn about juveniles justice with all of the different tabs to look through. The fifth thing I liked was that it shows 9 different programs to help out juveniles and help them better their lives afterwards. The sixth thing I found interesting was the focus on National Missing Children’s Day. A day where parents can remember their children, and not to lose hope that they’ll come home. Another thing I learned was all the different topics this website has to offer. It shows news articles on juveniles, and has different categories of crime as well such as amber alerts and statistics. The last thing I found to be interesting was this website altogether. There’s so many different tabs, which is helpful, because there’s so many different, widespread topics to choose from and read about. stlblues007
ReplyDeleteThe OJJDB website covers a variety of different topics in the criminal justice systems. Each one leads to a page filled with links to documents exploring multiple different aspects of the topic. The website goes deep into detail of the history, meaning, outcomes, and examples of each subject. It is an amazing resource for studying and I’ve already found multiple different helpful statistics and facts for the judicial waiver report our group has been assigned. For example, I wasn’t aware that EVERY state had laws allowing juveniles to be tried as adults under specific circumstances. There are 3 ways to waive a juvenile case to criminal court: judicial waiver (at the judge’s discretion), prosecutorial discretion, statutory exclusion from juvenile court jurisdiction (most commonly violent crimes like first degree murder). Every state has 1 or more of these policies. Most commonly known, judicial waivers grant judges the power to waive a case over to criminal court if they see fit. Although, in several states the adolescent and/or the parent can ask for a transfer. Most waivers involve drugs and person cases much more often than property or public order cases. Although, most waivers are limited by age, category of offense, offense history, and often treatment. Some believe that too many cases are being waived to criminal court which hinders the ability of the juvenile to be rehabilitated. In fact, 1 in 10 incarcerated adolescents are held in adult facilities and 31 states have a “once an adult always an adult” policy meaning every case from then on will be the jurisdiction of criminal court. Recently the number of adolescents incarcerated in adult facilities has dropped ever so slightly because of the principle established in 2005 deeming children being held to the same standard of adults is unconstitutional. Another fact I found alarming is that juveniles in adult facilities are 36 times more likely to commit suicide and are at the highest risk for sexual assault and being held in solitary confinement. Youths brains are years away from full development and they are in the most formative times of their lives so the things they experience in these facilities often follow them for the rest of their lives and alter both them and their perception on things permanently. That being said, in my opinion there is absolutely no reason they should be tried as adults and judicial waivers should be few and far between.
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The OJJDB website covers a variety of different topics in the criminal justice systems. Each one leads to a page filled with links to documents exploring multiple different aspects of the topic. The website goes deep into detail of the history, meaning, outcomes, and examples of each subject. It is an amazing resource for studying and I’ve already found multiple different helpful statistics and facts for the judicial waiver report our group has been assigned. For example, I wasn’t aware that EVERY state had laws allowing juveniles to be tried as adults under specific circumstances. There are 3 ways to waive a juvenile case to criminal court: judicial waiver (at the judge’s discretion), prosecutorial discretion, statutory exclusion from juvenile court jurisdiction (most commonly violent crimes like first degree murder). Every state has 1 or more of these policies. Most commonly known, judicial waivers grant judges the power to waive a case over to criminal court if they see fit. Although, in several states the adolescent and/or the parent can ask for a transfer. Most waivers involve drugs and person cases much more often than property or public order cases. Although, most waivers are limited by age, category of offense, offense history, and often treatment. Some believe that too many cases are being waived to criminal court which hinders the ability of the juvenile to be rehabilitated. In fact, 1 in 10 incarcerated adolescents are held in adult facilities and 31 states have a “once an adult always an adult” policy meaning every case from then on will be the jurisdiction of criminal court. Recently the number of adolescents incarcerated in adult facilities has dropped ever so slightly because of the principle established in 2005 deeming children being held to the same standard of adults is unconstitutional. Another fact I found alarming is that juveniles in adult facilities are 36 times more likely to commit suicide and are at the highest risk for sexual assault and being held in solitary confinement. Youths brains are years away from full development and they are in the most formative times of their lives so the things they experience in these facilities often follow them for the rest of their lives and alter both them and their perception on things permanently. That being said, in my opinion there is absolutely no reason they should be tried as adults and judicial waivers should be few and far between.
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