Selected publications in juvenile justice

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Bibliographies

• NCJRS: Juvenile Justice: Federal publications and Internet resources (WWW and FTP sites, Listservs, bulletin boards).
• OJJDP Fact Sheets: Fact sheets on numerous topics in juvenile justice from the Office for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Children and Youth Policy: Executive summaries of recent research and evaluation reports regarding issues affecting children and youth, including several which address juvenile justice issues; links to ftp sites for full reports when available. 

Journals & periodicals

Selected publications

• "Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders: An Implementation Evaluation of Three Demonstration Programs" by Blaire B. Bourque, et al.: (National Institute of Justice, Jan 1996.)
• "Caught in the Crossfire": This PBS documentary from "The Merrow Report" about youth and violence has won several awards; a link to the script is available.
• "Children and Firearms": A fact sheet from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (ACAP).
• Combating Violence and Delinquency: The National Juvenile Justice Action Plan: This action plan descibes how communities can generate solutions to problems of juvenile violence and victimization and how individuals and groups can reduce violence in their own block, public housing unit, or neighborhood. This is the text-only version (399512 bytes); see the home page of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for the Adobe Acrobat version. Also available: a press release and summary of the report. (Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Mar 1996.)
• "Conditions of Confinement in Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities" by Barbara Allen-Hagen: Discusses overcrowding and other problems in juvenile facilities. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Fact Sheet #1, Apr 1993.)
• "The Cycle of Violence Revisited": What happens to abused and neglected children after they grow up? Do the victims of violence and neglect later become criminals or violent offenders themselves? (National Institute of Justice, NIJ Research Preview, Feb 1996.)
• "Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 1992" by Jeffrey A. Butts: (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Fact Sheet #18, Jul 1994.)
• "Disproportionate Minority Representation" by Mark Roscoe and Reggie Morton.: Discusses the reasons behind a nationwide evaluation of the factors influencing disproportionate representation of minorities in secure juvenile facilities. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Fact Sheet #11, Apr 1994).
• "Gangs" by James C. Howell: A basic fact sheet about gangs, addressing such questions as What is a gang?, How many gangs are there in America?, and other common questions about gangs. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Fact Sheet #12, Apr 1994.)
• "Juvenile Probation: The Workhorse of the Juvenile Justice System" by Patricia McFall Torbet: (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, Mar 1996, NCJ 158534.)
• "Prosecuting Gangs: A National Assessment" by Claire Johnson, Barbara Webster, and Edward Connors: (National Institute of Justice, NIJ Research in Brief, Feb 1995, NCJ 152785.)
• "Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders: A Comprehensive Strategy" by John J. Wilson and James C. Howell: (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Fact Sheet #4, Aug 1993.)
• "Teen Deaths Due to Guns": A press release from the CDC. (Centers for Disease Control, Mar 1993.)
• Trends in Juvenile Violence by James A. Fox: An examination of demographic trends and their impact on crime leads the author of this report to conclude that the growth in juvenile population in the next decade will cause a dramatic increase in the level of juvenile violence.
• "Violence by Young People: Why the Deadly Nexus?" by Alfred Blumstein: In the face of heartening news about crime trends overall, violent offending by young people is on the rise. This in-depth analysis links the rise of gun-related homicide by juveniles to the growth of drug markets and the diffusion of guns into the community. This issue of NIJ Journal also includes two articles on prevention of youth violence, "Controlling Crime Before it Happens: Risk-Focused Prevention" by J. David Hawkins and "Partnerships Against Violence: Reducing Youth Violence Through Information Sharing" by Joan Alpert and Judy Reardon. National Institute of Justice Journal 229, Aug 1995
• What Works: Promising Interventions in Juvenile Justice: Program Report by Imogene M. Montgomery, et al.: A compendium (487669 bytes) of successful prevention and intervention programs for the prevention of juvenile delinquency. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Oct 1994.)