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September/October 2003 Volume II Number 5 |
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New Publications
Publications may be viewed and downloaded at OJJDP’s Web site (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ojjdp). Print publications may also be ordered from the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse (call 800–851–3420 or order online at puborder.ncjrs.org).
Spanish Translations OJJDP is committed to making its resources more readily accessible to the nation’s growing Hispanic population. The second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART–2) estimated that 163,900 Hispanic children were reported missing in 1999—21 percent of all children reported missing that year. In light of this finding, OJJDP has recently issued Spanish-language editions of two publications that provide practical guidance for parents of missing children. |
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New Online: Juvenile Justice Practices Series
OJJDP is launching an important new online resource for juvenile justice
policymakers, funding decisionmakers, and professionals who develop and
administer programs for youth. The Juvenile Justice Practices Series of Bulletins,
available on OJJDP’s Web site, will distill the latest information—research findings, lessons learned, promising practices, useful tools, and
organizational resources—for specific juvenile justice program areas. Among
the areas to be covered are aftercare (reentry) services, basic system services,
access to counsel, community-based alternatives, gender-specific policies
and programs, and alternatives to suspension/expulsion from school. The
series begins with the Bulletin described below.
Aftercare Services. Describes a continuum of resources—health, mental
health, education, family counseling, and vocational services—for youth who
are reentering communities after release from juvenile justice facilities. The
Bulletin examines how comprehensive aftercare can address some of the
problems that exist in the juvenile justice system. It also reviews relevant
research and identifies promising programs and tools.
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Cuando su Niño Desaparece: Una Guía para
la Supervivencia de la Familia. Spanish translation
of When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival
Guide (2002), providing parents with helpful insights
into what families should do when a child is missing.
Guía de Recursos de la Familia Contra el Secuestro Parental Internacional.
Spanish translation of A Family Resource Guide on
International Parental Kidnapping (2002), presenting
practical and detailed advice about preventing international
kidnapping and increasing the chance that
children who are kidnapped or wrongfully retained
will be returned.