Youth Today

Perceived Harmfulness Predicts Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs among College Students: Interactions with Sensation-Seeking

In this first study to describe college students' beliefs about the risks of recreational use of prescription painkillers and stimulants, researchers find...

National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Current illicit drug use among youth ages 12 to 17 is continuing to decline, according to this 2007 survey.

What Works for Youth Workers? Next Gen’s ‘Lessons Learned’

In 2007, the Next Generation Youth Work Coalition launched its Clear Policies for Career Pathways initiative to identify efforts under way across...

Teens Among Children Abandoned at Nebraska Hospitals

Nebraski legislators are considering changing the state’s recently enacted “safe haven” law designed to save newborns after some unexpected results: parents abandoning...

Krisberg to leave NCCD

After 14 years leading the Oakland, Calif.-based National Council on Crime and Delinquency, President Barry Krisberg is leaving the organization. “I’m passing...

JDAI Conference: Day Two

Indianapolis The second and final full day of sessions at the JDAI conference just wrapped up (the first day is just an...

JJ Today at JDAI Conference

Indianapolis JJ Today is on the road this week in Indy, where the Annie E. Casey Foundation has allowed us to  skulk...

Feedback Invited on New After-School Standards

The Council on Accreditation (COA) – an independent organization based in New York – last month released quality standards for after-school programs...

Q&A: Dr. Laurence Steinberg

Few people have made more contributions to the research on juvenile delinquent behavior than developmental psychologist Dr. Laurence Steinberg, a professor at...

Slower than a Speeding Bulletin

The percentage of juveniles arrested for murder who are black shot up to 54 percent in 2005, a year that saw a...

Bilchik Says OJJDP Took Eye off the Ball

The House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on crime, terrorism, and homeland security held an oversight hearing of the various offices within the Office...

BJA, OJJDP in forefront at OJP Hearing Tomorrow

The list of witnesses for Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Office of Justice Programs is set, and it confirms what...

Juvenile Drug Courts: Two Agencies, One Application

The details have not been finalized, but the plan is for one single application in 2009 for federal funds for juvenile drug...

Seattle Takes on Youth/Gang Violence

Seattle has a youth gang problem. We won’t couch that with the media frenzy terms like “surging juvenile violence” or “growing gang...

Mighty Missouri Model Honored by Harvard; Now What?

There is no shortage of testimonials from the JJ field when it comes to the confinement strategies used by the State of...

9,311 Child Labor Violations Filed Against Iowa Slaughterhouse

Probation and Management Conference: Act Now!

OJJDP sent out an e-mail this week about the Juvenile Probation and Justice Management Conference, which will be held in Reno, Nevada...

Who Should Be Next at OJJDP?

JJ Today recently posed this question to a few juvenile justice contacts: Who should be the next administrator for the Office of...

Connecticut: A State in Transition

JJ Today spent the Labor Day weekend in New England, and had a chance to meet some area juvenile justice people there:...

Administrative Management Capacity in Out-of-School Time Organizations: An Exploratory Study

The Wallace Foundation At a time when successful programs are being encouraged to serve more and more youth, out-of-school time (OST) program...