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America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2005
Report, July 2005. Presents statistics about children’s economic security, health, behavior, social environment, and education and provides features on children with asthma, children with specified blood lead levels, and parental reports of children’s emotional and behavioral difficulties. NCJ 210533.
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America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009
Report, July 2009. Provides annual updates on the well-being of children and families in the United States across a range of domains. 216 pages. NCJ 226963.
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Characteristics of Crimes Against Juveniles
Bulletin: Crimes Against Children Series, June 2000. Examines data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System on the characteristics of crimes committed against juveniles. 12 pages. NCJ 179034.
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Child Pornography: Patterns From NIBRS
Bulletin: Crimes Against Children Series, December 2004. Presents findings from the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System. 8 pages. NCJ 204911.
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Children as Victims (From Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report, 1999, by Howard N. Snyder and Melissa Sickmund)
Bulletin: 1999 National Report Series, May 2000. Presents an overview of statistics on juveniles as victims of crime and maltreatment. 24 pages. NCJ 180753.
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Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
Bulletin, October 2009. Presents findings from the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence, the most comprehensive survey to date of children’s exposure to violence in the United States. 12 pages. NCJ 227744.
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Early Identification of Risk Factors for Parental Abduction
Bulletin, March 2001. Presents the design and findings of four OJJDP-funded projects on preventing family abductions: a documentary study, a criminal sanctions study, an interview study, and an intervention study. 12 pages. NCJ 185026.
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Highlights From the NISMART Bulletins
Fact Sheet: National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children Series, October 2002. Presents key findings summarized in OJJDP's Bulletin series on the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART–2). 2 pages. Available online only.
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Highlights of the 2005 National Youth Gang Survey
Fact Sheet, July 2008. Reports findings from the 2005 National Youth Gang Survey. Available online only. 2 pages. FS 200804.
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Homicides of Children and Youth
Bulletin, October 2001. Provides a statistical portrait of juvenile homicide victimization by drawing on FBI and other data. 12 pages. NCJ 187239.
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How Families and Communities Influence Youth Victimization
Bulletin, November 2003. Examines how individual, family, and community factors influence the risk for nonlethal violence among U.S. youth ages 12–17. 12 pages. NCJ 201629.
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Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1996 Update on Violence
Report, February 1996. Presents comprehensive information on juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and on the juvenile justice system. 40 pages. NCJ 159107. |
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Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1997 Update on Violence
Report, August 1997. Presents comprehensive information on juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and on the juvenile justice system. 55 pages. NCJ 165703. |
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Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report
Report, September 1999. Presents comprehensive information on juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and on the juvenile justice system. 236 pages. NCJ 178257.
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Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report
Report, March 2006. Presents comprehensive information on juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and on the juvenile justice system. 260 pages. NCJ 212906.
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Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A Focus on Violence
Report, August 1995. Presents comprehensive information on juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and on the juvenile justice system. This publication is not available online. 100 pages. NCJ 153570. |
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Juvenile Victimization: 1987-1992
Fact Sheet, June 1994. Presents national data on violent crimes committed against juveniles from 1987 through 1992; the statistics in this Fact Sheet are drawn from the annual National Crime Victimization Survey conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2 pages. FS 9417. |
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Juvenile Victims of Property Crimes
Bulletin: Crimes Against Children Series, December 2000. Presents data on juvenile victims of property crimes. 12 pages. NCJ 184740.
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Kids and Guns
Bulletin: 1999 National Report Series, March 2000. Presents an overview of statistics indicative of the impact of gun availability on the lives of youth. 12 pages. NCJ 178994.
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National Estimates of Children Missing Involuntarily or for Benign Reasons
Bulletin: OJJDP NISMART Series, July 2005. Provides information on the numbers and characteristics of two groups not often recognized in the literature on missing children: children involuntarily missing because they were lost or injured and those missing because of a benign explanation such as a miscommunication or mistaken expectation. 12 pages. NCJ 206180.
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National Estimates of Missing Children: An Overview
Bulletin: National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children Series, October 2002. Presents an overview of the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART–2). 12 pages. NCJ 196465.
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National Estimates of Missing Children: Selected Trends, 1988-1999
Bulletin, December 2004. Presents results of an analysis comparing selected findings from the second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART–2) and its predecessor, NISMART–1. 8 pages. NCJ 206179.
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Nonfamily Abducted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics
Bulletin: National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children Series, October 2002. Presents national estimates of children abducted by nonfamily perpetrators, based on surveys of households and law enforcement agencies. 16 pages. NCJ 196467.
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OJJDP Annual Report 2005
Report, August 2008. Describes the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's major activities and accomplishments during fiscal year 2005 (October 1, 2004, to September 30, 2005), which reflect the Office's continuing commitment to programs that have the greatest potential for reducing juvenile delinquency and the victimization of children as well as improving the juvenile justice system. Available online only. 84 pages. NCJ 215560.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance May/June 2009
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, May/June 2009. Includes a special feature on the Department of Justice’s commemoration of the 26th annual National Missing Children’s Day, OJJDP’s monthly focus groups, which are establishing an ongoing dialog with policymakers and practitioners on the most important issues facing the juvenile justice field; and an OJJDP-sponsored training course that educates law enforcement personnel on the best ways to approach and interact with adolescent girls during police calls. Available online only. NCJ 226641.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance November/December 2008
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, November/December 2008. Highlights the Department of Justice’s launch of a month-long media campaign, as part of OJJDP’s Project Safe Childhood initiative to combat the online exploitation of children. Available online only. NCJ 224618.
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OJJDP News @ a Glance, March/April 2006
Newsletter: OJJDP News @ a Glance, March/April 2006. Includes a special feature on OJJDP’s recently released Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report. Available online only. NCJ 213462.
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OJJDP Research: Making a Difference for Juveniles
Report, August 1999. Summarizes key initiatives undertaken by OJJDP's Research and Program Development Division in research, evaluation, and statistics. 55 pages. NCJ 177602.
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OJJDP Research 2000 Report
Report, May 2001. Summarizes representative achievements of OJJDP's Research and Program Development Division in the areas of research, evaluation, and statistics from August 1999 to the present. 71 pages. NCJ 186732.
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Prostitution of Juveniles: Patterns From NIBRS
Bulletin: Crimes Against Children Series, June 2004. Examines the prostitution of juveniles by analyzing incidents of this problem that come to the attention of law enforcement. 12 pages. NCJ 203946.
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Reporting Crimes Against Juveniles
Bulletin: Crimes Against Children Series, November 1999. Presents an analysis of National Crime Victimization Survey data on reports of crimes against juveniles to police and other authorities (e.g., school officials). 8 pages. NCJ 178887.
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Second Comprehensive Study of Missing Children
Bulletin, April 2000. Describes the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children, which measures the incidence of each of eight categories of missing children. 6 pages. NCJ 179085.
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Short- and Long-Term Consequences of Adolescent Victimization
Bulletin: Youth Violence Research Series, February 2002. Analyzes National Youth Survey data to explore how being a victim of crime during adolescence affects the likelihood of certain negative outcomes in adulthood, including violent and property offending and victimization, domestic violence perpetration and victimization, drug use, and mental health problems. 16 pages. NCJ 191210.
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Statutory Rape Known to Law Enforcement
Bulletin, August 2005. Draws on data from the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System to provide a comprehensive look at the patterns of and response to statutory rape. 4 pages. NCJ 208803.
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Violence After School
Bulletin: 1999 National Report Series, November 1999. Presents information on temporal patterns (time of day, school-day versus non-school-day) of violent crimes committed by and against juveniles; excerpted from Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report. 8 pages. NCJ 178992.
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Violent Families and Youth Violence
Fact Sheet, December 1994. Presents data from the Rochester Youth Development Study to address the following questions: (1) Are children who are victims of maltreatment and abuse during childhood more apt to be violent when they are adolescents? and (2) Are children who are exposed to multiple forms of family violence—not just maltreatment—more likely to be violent? 2 pages. FS 9421. |
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