Have a question? Check here for answers to frequently asked
questions under the following topics: OJJDP Basics, Resources,
Funding, and Juvenile
Justice.
OJJDP Basics
- What is OJJDP's mission?
- When was OJJDP founded?
- How do I contact OJJDP staff?
- What is OJJDP's mission?
OJJDP
provides national leadership, coordination, and resources
to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization.
OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts
to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention
and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice
system so that it protects public safety, holds justice-involved youth appropriately
accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative
services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families.
- When was OJJDP founded?
OJJDP was founded in 1974 as a result of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93-415, 42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) and is guided by subsequent amendments. Visit the About OJJDP section of this site for additional information.
- How do I contact OJJDP staff?
Visit
the staff
directory.
Resources
- How may I order publications?
- I'm having problems downloading PDFs from your website. Am I doing something wrong?
- Can I distribute photocopies
of OJJDP publications?
- How can I be placed on a mailing
list for juvenile justice-related information?
- How can I be removed from the
mailing list?
- How do I subscribe to JuvJust,
OJJDP's electronic newsletter?
- How can I find out about conferences,
workshops, and other events related to juvenile justice?
- Can I add my event to the NCJRS
Calendar of Events?
- How do I contact OJJDP's Juvenile
Justice Clearinghouse?
- What is NCJRS and how is it
related to OJJDP?
- Are justice-related resources
from the federal government available for children?
- What justice-related positions
are available in the federal government?
- How may I order publications?
Publications may be ordered from OJJDP by using the National Criminal Justice Reference Service’s OJP Publications web page. Browse the list of items or enter the title
or NCJ number into the "Keyword Search" field
and select search. After receiving your result, select "Order
Print Copy" or “Order Photocopy” to
place the item in your cart and follow the instructions
on the page. View all OJJDP publications by selecting OJJDP from the “Filter Records by Sponsoring Agency” list. Shipping
and handling charges may apply.
- I'm having problems downloading PDFs from your website. Am I doing something wrong?
Please ensure that you are using the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader when downloading publications in PDF format from our website. Visit the Adobe website to download the most recent version of Adobe for free.
- Can
I distribute photocopies of OJJDP publications?
Yes,
unless otherwise stipulated in the publication.
- How
can I be placed on a mailing list for juvenile justice-related
information?
Register
online with the National Criminal Justice Reference
Service.
- How
can I be removed from the mailing list?
You may cancel your NCJRS registration by visiting the Login/Manage
Account page of the NCJRS website and signing in.
Once you have signed on click on "Cancel Registration" and
confirm your choice.
- How
do I subscribe to JUVJUST, OJJDP's electronic newsletter?
Fill
out our quick online form at OJJDP's E-News
section.
- How
can I find out about conferences, workshops, and other
events related to juvenile justice?
Visit OJJDP's Events
section to browse a list of juvenile justice events.
You can also visit the NCJRS
Justice Events calendar, which offers a
comprehensive list of events related to justice, victim
assistance, and drug control policy. You can search by
keyword or by date, location, sponsoring organization,
classification, or any combination of these.
- Can
I add my event to the NCJRS Calendar of Events?
Yes. Complete a simple online form to have your event
considered for inclusion in the calendar. There is no charge
for listings. To be considered, your event should be nonpartisan,
geared toward juvenile and criminal justice policymakers
and practitioners, and unrelated to lobbying activities
or groups. Visit the NCJRS
Justice Events calendar for more information.
- How
do I contact OJJDP's Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse?
Contact
the Juvenile
Justice Clearinghouse
at askojjdp@ncjrs.gov.
- What
is NCJRS and how is it related to OJJDP?
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people who are involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal justice, juvenile justice, victim assistance, and drug control. OJJDP is one of NCJRS' federal sponsors.
- Are
justice-related resources from the federal government
available for children?
Yes. OJJDP's Youth in Action Series is geared toward children. Bulletins in the series include Make a Friend—Be a Peer Mentor, Plan a Special Event!, Community Cleanup, Arts and Performances for Prevention, Stand Up and Start a School Crime Watch!, and Wipe Out Vandalism and Graffiti. In addition, kids can visit Youth.gov to find out about government resources that support afterschool programs and can also check out the portal site Kids.gov, which links them to federal and other publicly supported websites for youth.
- What
justice-related positions are available in the federal
government?
To find out about employment opportunities at the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ), go to its website. To find out about employment opportunities at
DOJ's Office of Justice Programs (OJP), including those
at OJJDP, go to OJP's
website. Several career-related publications are available
in the NCJRS library collection; please search the NCJRS
Abstract Database to read abstracts of these publications.
Funding
- How do I apply for a grant?
- How does the funding process
work?
- What is peer review, and
how do I become a peer reviewer?
- How do I
apply for a grant?
Information about and direction on how to submit an OJJDP funding application is captured within each individual funding announcement. Applicants for competitive discretionary grants must apply through Grants.gov. Existing or continuing discretionary grantees will use the Office of Justice Program's Grants Management System (GMS) to apply, as will applicants for formula grants.
Review the specific funding announcement for the designated application process. See the Funding page for further information.
- How
does the funding process work?
OJJDP
provides funding through formula and block grants and
discretionary grants. Funding through formula grants
and block grants is available to states and territories;
Juvenile Justice Specialists in each state then administer
the funding through subgrants to localities. Funding
through discretionary grants is available to states,
units of local government, and private organizations
through a competitive peer review process. For more
information on the funding process, visit the
Funding section of this website.
- What
is peer review, and how do I become a peer reviewer?
OJJDP uses a formal peer review process to evaluate grant applications. Eligible applications are reviewed and discussed by a panel of outside experts in fields related to the subject matter of the program, with the exception of assistance provided pursuant to Section 241(f) of the Act to an eligible organization comprised of member representatives of the State Advisory Groups.
OJJDP invites researchers and practitioners with expertise related to juvenile justice to apply to serve as peer reviewers for its competitive grant applications. Applicants should indicate their juvenile justice-related knowledge and experience, including: gangs, mentoring, girls' delinquency, children's exposure to violence, substance abuse, tribal juvenile justice, Internet crimes against children, and more.
To apply, e-mail a current résumé or curriculum vitae to ojppeerreview@lmsolas.com. Write "Peer Reviewer Candidate" in the subject line. OJJDP will compensate peer reviewers for their time and effort.
Juvenile Justice
- When was the U.S. juvenile
court system created?
- What are the definitions
of some common juvenile justice terms?
- When was
the U.S. juvenile court system created?
In
1899, Illinois passed the Juvenile Court Act, which
established the nation's first juvenile court. The
British doctrine of parens
patriae (the state as parent) was the rationale
for the right of the state to intervene in the lives
of children in a manner different from the way it intervenes
in the lives of adults. The doctrine was interpreted
to mean that, because children were not of full legal
capacity, the state had the inherent power and responsibility
to provide protection for children whose natural parents
were not providing appropriate care or supervision. The
juvenile court has evolved throughout its lifetime. For
additional information on the history of the juvenile
justice system in the United States, see OJJDP's Bulletin Juvenile
Justice: A Century of Change.
- What are the definitions of some common juvenile justice terms?
Definitions to common juvenile justice terms are available online via the Statistical Briefing Book (SBB) Glossary. The SBB glossary incorporates selected terms used in FBI arrest statistics, the Juvenile Court Statistics report series, and the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement. The Performance Measures Glossary presents definitions for common terms used to collect and report data for performance measures.
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