Visit CEEP’s projects:
- Illinois Early Learning (IEL): source of evidence-based, reliable information on early care and education for parents, caregivers, and teachers of young children in Illinois.
- Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP): was the first scholarly, peer-reviewed, bilingual (English-Spanish) online journal in the field of early childhood education.
- Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map (IECAM): a source for data on early care and education services and demographics in the state of Illinois. Data are available by state, county, township, legislative district, and several agency regions.
- Illinois Parents: operated with the Academic Development Institute in Lincoln, Illinois, provides resources and information for parents in the state of Illinois.
ED435888 CG029583
Title: Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report.
Author(s): Synder, Howard N.; Sickmund, Melissa
Author Affiliation: National Center for Juvenile Justice, Pittsburgh, PA.(BBB15694)
Pages: 231
Publication Date: September 1999
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquent Prevention (Dept. of Justice), Washington, DC. (BBB16326)
Contract No: 95-JN-FX-K008
ISBN: 0-16-050135-0
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC10 Plus Postage.
Availability: Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20849-6000; Tel: 301-519-5500; Tel: 800-638-8736 (Toll Free); E-mail: puborder@ncjrs.org. U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328.
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Numerical/Quantitative Data (110)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEMAY2000
Government Level: Federal
This report
offers the Congress, state legislators, and other state and local
policymakers, professors and teachers, juvenile justice professionals,
and concerned citizens solid answers to the most frequently asked
questions about the nature of juvenile crime and victimization and
about the justice system's response. Citing FBI and other data sources,
this report demonstrates that the rate of juvenile violent crime
arrests - after peaking in 1994 - has consistently decreased over
the past several years. However, it has yet to return to the 1988
level, the year in which dramatic increases in juvenile crime arrests
were first seen. This report also summarizes data on school violence
and describes the recent downturn in the violent victimization of
youth. New findings from the 1997 National Longitudinal Study of
Youth, providing the most current data on self-reported delinquent
and antisocial behavior, are included in this report. Data from
the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's new
national Census of Juveniles in Residential Placements, summarizing
key findings about the characteristics of juvenile offenders in
custody are also presented. Each of the seven chapters includes
several tables and figures as well as a list of references. An index
is also provided. (MKA)
Descriptors: *Adolescents; Correctional Institutions; *Criminals;
*Delinquency; *Juvenile Justice; Law Enforcement; Student Characteristics;
Tables (Data); Victims of Crime; Violence
