NIJ Journal 283: Advancing the Collection of Juvenile Justice Data

 

NIJ Justice works closely with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to support a wide range of national data collection, analysis, and dissemination programs that inform the nation’s understanding of juvenile crime, victimization, and the juvenile justice system.  NIJ is currently managing a study of how to redesign data collections on juveniles in corrections. The study will result in improved data collection instruments and methodologies for generating statistics on the number and characteristics of juveniles in residential placement and information about the facilities in which they are held.  READ THE ARTICLE