Corrections
Best Bets
- Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse: Your Information Resource
This guide provides information and resources on juvenile justice topics for individuals and organizations in the juvenile justice field. - Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report
This report draws on data and research to provide a view of juvenile crime across the nation. It provides data on juvenile victimization, offenders, crime, courts, and correctional facilities, and on the juvenile justice system and law enforcement. - Office of Justice Programs Resource Guide: Fiscal 2006 Edition
After outlining the mission and organization of the US Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs (OJP), this report describes OJP's funding opportunities, training, technical assistance, and other resources for fiscal 2006. - US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Office of Science and Technology, National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) of the National Institute of Justice's Office of Science and Technology offers support, research findings, and technological expertise to help state and local law enforcement and corrections personnel perform their duties more s ... - US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, National Institute of Corrections
The US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), has transferred funds to the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to allow the NIC Academy Division to provide training and related technical assistance to juvenile corrections and detention agencies and ...
External Resources
- Corrections and Detention Publications
This Web site lists over thirty publications that provide information on corrections and detention.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice - Conditions of Confinement in Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities
This publication provides information on the conditions of confinement in juvenile detention and correctional facilities.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Justice - Crowding in Juvenile Detention: A Problem Solving Approach(DOC 208 KB)
This publication addresses the problem of overcrowding in youth detention facilities. The information was complied for participants in a live national satellite broadcast about the subject.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Justice - Children in Custody 1991: Private Facilities
This fact sheet provides information on children detained in nonfederal facilities.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Justice - Disproportionate Minority Confinement
This publication is a fact sheet that provides national data and research that documents disproportionate representation of minorities in secure juvenile facilities across the country.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Justice - Beyond the Walls: Improving Conditions of Confinement for Youth In Custody
A handbook of ideas to stimulate discussion about ways juvenile justice professionals can improve conditions of confinement for detained and incarcerated youth.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), U.S. Department of Justice - Juvenile Corrections and the Exceptional Student
This Department of Education item focuses on the problem of disabled youth being disproportionately incarcerated.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Education - Juvenile Arrests 2000 (Juvenile Justice Bulletin, November, 2002)
This report provides a summary and an analysis of national and State juvenile arrest data.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice - Disproportionate Minority Confinement:
Lessons Learned from Five States (Juvenile Justice Bulletin, December, 1998) (PDF 187 KB)
Five states received pilot grants to develop strategies and interventions to lower the nearly 70% rate of minority youth confinement.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
see also Juvenile Justice