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Register Now for OJJDP’s 2011 National Conference! On October 12-14, 2011, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will host its National Conference, “Children’s Justice & Safety: Unite, Build, Lead,” at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. Workshops, plenaries, and presentations by leading experts and researchers will promote [...]
Continue Reading →National Amber Alert Symposium Seeks to Improve Responses to Missing and Abducted Children. IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010 WWW.OJP.GOV Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Contact: Joan LaRocca (202) 307-0703 NATIONAL AMBER ALERT SYMPOSIUM SEEKS TO IMPROVE RESPONSES TO MISSING AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN The seventh annual national AMBER Alert Symposium, sponsored by the U.S. Department [...]
Continue Reading →Spotlight: Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Summit. “The moral issue is plain. Every child is entitled to feel safe in the classroom, in the hallways of school, and on the playground. Children go to school to learn, and educational opportunity must be the great equalizer in America. — Arne Duncan” The first-ever Federal National Bullying Summit [...]
Continue Reading →Best Practices To Address Community Gang Problems: OJJDP’s Comprehensive Gang Model (NCJ 231200) October 2010 Report, 76 page(s) Provides guidance on how communities can best address an existing or emerging youth gang problem. The guidance is based on the Comprehensive Gang Model developed by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The report describes the [...]
Continue Reading →Youth Courts In communities across the United States, youth courts have become components of the juvenile justice system. While jurisdictions may call their programs different names (youth court, teen court, or peer court, for example), the guiding philosophy for the programs is the same: hold juvenile offenders accountable for their actions, educate youth about the [...]
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