Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs: Selected References, 1998-Present

Publication Date: February 2003

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Population and demographics; Social conditions

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CRS is often asked for references to literature, published from 1998 to present, that discuss juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs. This bibliography's focus is on programs relating to delinquency prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and juvenile justice, rather than discussions relating to the causes of delinquency, types of delinquent acts, and statistics on juvenile delinquency, in general. Many resources discuss selected programs that have been evaluated and shown to produce favorable results. In addition, the bibliography includes multiple Web sites of selected evaluated programs. A final section includes citations to resources discussing how to evaluate programs. This bibliography will be updated periodically.

The bibliography includes citations to CRS reports, books, journal articles, studies, reports, and Web sites. The materials were selected from searches of products on the CRS Web site [http://www.crs.gov], the Library of Congress Voyager Online Catalog [http://catalog.loc.gov], bibliographic databases available to the Congressional Research Service, and the Internet.

The CRS products are provided with report numbers and are available to congressional offices full-text from the CRS Web site [http://www.crs.gov]. Products can also be ordered by calling the Products Line at 7-7132. Citations to books on the Library of Congress Voyager Online Catalog [http://catalog.loc.gov] are provided with the Library's classification number (for assistance, call the Congressional Loan section, 7-5445). CRS readers can obtain the full text of other items by calling 7-5700. A significant number of resources are available on the Internet.