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Juvenile Justice/Delinquency/Violence
Adolescent Outcomes of Childhood Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a Diverse Community Sample
— June 2010
Journal abstract at Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry website
Involvement in Internet Aggression During Early Adolescence
— June 2010
Poly-Victimization and Risk of Posttraumatic, Depressive, and Substance Use Disorders and Involvement in Delinquency in a National Sample of Adolescents
— June 2010
Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems
— May 2010
News release at Georgetown Public Policy Institute website
Conditions of Confinement: Findings from the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement
— May 2010
Co-Occurrence of Victimization from Five Subtypes of Bullying: Physical, Verbal, Social Exclusion, Spreading Rumors, and Cyber
— May 2010
America's Future: Latino Child Well-Being in Numbers and Trends
— Apr. 2010
Causes and Correlates of Girls' Delinquency
— Apr. 2010
Sexual Orientation and Bullying Among Adolescents in the Growing Up Today Study
— Apr. 2010
Youth's Needs and Services: Findings From the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement
— Apr. 2010
Are Teenage Criminals Getting Younger and Younger? Exposing another Urban Legend
— Mar. 2010
Highlights of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey
— Mar. 2010
Overweight, Obesity, Youth, and Health-Risk Behaviors
— Mar. 2010
Poly-Victimization in a National Sample of Children and Youth
— Mar. 2010
Significant Multiple Risk Behaviors Among U.S. High School Students
— Mar. 2010
Trends in Childhood Violence and Abuse Exposure: Evidence From 2 National Surveys
— Mar. 2010
Juveniles in Residential Placement, 1997-2008
— Feb. 2010
Long-Term Effects of Prenatal and Infancy Nurse Home Visitation on the Life Course of Youths: 19-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial
— Jan. 2010
Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2008-09
— Jan. 2010
Cyberbullying and Suicide
— 2010
Juvenile Arrests 2008
— Dec. 2009
Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors
— Dec. 2009
The California Index of Child and Youth Well-Being
— Dec. 2009
What Works for Parent Involvement Programs for Adolescents: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Interventions
— Dec. 2009
What Works for Parent Involvement Programs for Children: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Social Interventions
— Dec. 2009
Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence Victimization from Adolescence to Young Adulthood in a Nationally Representative Sample
— Nov. 2009
Victimization by Peers and Adolescent Suicide in Three U.S. Samples
— Nov. 2009
Violence, Abuse, and Crime Exposure in a National Sample of Children and Youth
— Nov. 2009
Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
— Oct. 2009
Innovative Community-Based Prevention System Reduces Risky Behavior in 10-14 Year Olds
— Sep. 2009
Seven Years Later: Developmental Transitions and Delinquent Behavior for Male Adolescents Who Received Long-Term Substance Treatment
— Sep. 2009
A School-Based Program to Prevent Adolescent Dating Violence
— Aug. 2009
From Time Out to Hard Time: Young Children in the Adult Criminal Justice System
— July 2009
Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2005
— June 2009
NIDA Study Shows School-Based Prevention Program Reduces Problem Behaviors in Fifth-Graders by Half
— June 2009
What Works? Targeted Truancy and Dropout Programs in Middle and High School
— June 2009
Seven-Year Life Outcomes of Adolescent Offenders in Los Angeles
— May 2009
Highlights of the 2007 National Youth Gang Survey
— Apr. 2009
Juvenile Arrests 2007
— Apr. 2009
Substance Use and Delinquency Among Fifth Graders Who Have Jobs
— Apr. 2009
Delinquent Girls Grown Up: Young Adult Offending Patterns and Their Relation to Early Legal, Individual, and Family Risk
— Mar. 2009
Resilient Girls—Factors that Protect Against Delinquency
— Jan. 2009
The Socioeconomic, Health, Safety, and Educational Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California
— Jan. 2009
Does Job Corps Work? Impact Findings from the National Job Corps Study
— Dec. 2008
The State of America's Children 2008
— Dec. 2008
Domestic Assaults by Juvenile Offenders
— Nov. 2008
Juvenile Arrests 2006
— Nov. 2008
The Girls Study Group: Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls
— Oct. 2008
Keeping Adolescents Out of Prison
— Fall 2008
Juvenile Delinquency in Child Welfare: Investigating Group Home Effects
— Sep. 2008
Juvenile Transfer Laws: An Effective Deterrent to Delinquency?
— Aug. 2008
The Evaluation of School-Based Violence Prevention Programs: A Meta-Analysis
— Aug. 2008
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008
— July 2008
Highlights of the 2006 National Youth Gang Survey
— July 2008
Sexual Violence Reported by Juvenile Correctional Authorities 2005-2006
— July 2008
Gender Differences in Dating Aggression Among Multiethnic High School Students
— May 2008
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
— May 2008
Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004
— Feb. 2008
Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1985-2004
— Feb. 2008
Petitioned Status Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004
— Feb. 2008
Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System
— Jan. 2008
The Longitudinal Association Between Substance Use and Delinquency Among High-Risk Youth
— Jan. 2008
2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey Overview
— 2008
Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost?
— 2008
Trends in the Prevalence of Selected Risk Behaviors for All Students National YRBS: 1991-2007
— 2008
Electronic Bullying Among Middle School Students
— Dec. 2007
Examining the Overlap in Internet Harassment and School Bullying: Implications for School Intervention
— Dec. 2007
Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007
— Dec. 2007
Prevalence and Predictors of Internet Bullying
— Dec. 2007
The Co-Occurrence of Internet Harassment and Unwanted Sexual Solicitation Victimization and Perpetration: Associations with Psychosocial Indicators
— Dec. 2007
Long-Term Impact of Adolescent Dating Violence on the Behavioral and Psychological Health of Male and Female Youth
— Nov. 2007
Adolescent Bullying Involvement and Perceived Family, Peer and School Relations: Commonalities and Differences Across Race/Ethnicity
— Sep. 2007
Public School Practices for Violence Prevention and Reduction: 2003-2004
— Sep. 2007
Changes in Family Functioning and Child Behavior Following Intensive In-Home Therapy
— Aug. 2007
A Systematic Review of School-Based Interventions to Prevent Bullying
— Jan. 2007
Too Soon to Tell: Deciphering Recent Trends in Youth Violence
— Nov. 2006
Youth Under Age 18 in the Adult Criminal Justice System
— June 2006
Reality Check 2006: How Black and Hispanic Families Rate Their Schools
— May 2006
Juvenile Offenders and Victims 2006 National Report
— Mar. 2006
Co-Offending and Patterns of Juvenile Crime
— Dec. 2005
How the Justice System Responds to Juvenile Victims: A Comprehensive Model
— Dec. 2005
State Approaches to Promoting Young Children's Healthy Mental Development
— Dec. 2005
Bullying, Psychosocial Adjustment, and Academic Performance in Elementary School
— Nov. 2005
Anger, Interpersonal Relationships, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Bullying Boys Who Are Treated With Outpatient Family Therapy
— Aug. 2005
Juvenile Probation Initiatives in California and Their Effect
— Aug. 2005
Major Mental Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Comorbidity, and HIV-AIDS Risk Behaviors in Juvenile Detainees
— July 2005
National Estimates of Children Missing Involuntarily or for Benign Reasons
— July 2005
Early Cognitive Stimulation, Emotional Support, and Television Watching as Predictors of Subsequent Bullying Among Grade-School Children
— Apr. 2005
Economic Benefits of Drug Treatment: A Critical Review of the Evidence for Policy Makers
— Feb. 2005
Helping Children Cope with Violence: A School-Based Program That Works
— Feb. 2005
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2005
— 2005
What Works, Wisconsin: What Science Tells Us About Cost-Effective Programs for Juvenile Delinquency Programs
— 2005
Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents
— Oct. 2004
Rates and Risk Factors for Sexual Violence Among an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Adolescents
— Dec. 2004
Toward Safe and Orderly Schools: The National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools
— Nov. 2004
Evaluating Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Adolescent Probationers
— Oct. 2004
Randomized Trial of a Parent Intervention
— Oct. 2004
Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth
— Sep. 2004
Dating Violence and Associated Sexual Risk and Pregnancy Among Adolescent Girls in the U.S.
— Aug. 2004
Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence
— July 2004
Violence-Related Behaviors Among High School Students in the U.S. (1991-2003)
— July 2004
Psychotropic Drugs in Youth and Children: Use, Trends, and Implications for Schools
— June 2004
Suicide Attempts and Physical Fighting Among High School Students in the U.S., 2001
— June 2004
U.S. Youth No More Likely to Engage in Violence Than Youth in Four Other Countries
— June 2004
2003 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
— May 2004
Associations Between Overweight and Obesity With Bullying Behaviors in School-Aged Children
— May 2004
Effects of Two Prevention Programs on High-Risk Behaviors Among African American Youth
— Apr. 2004
Largest Ever Study of Anti-Gay Harassment in Schools Shows the Problem Is Widespread, Dangerous and Preventable
— Jan. 2004
Sex, Drugs, and Delinquency in Urban and Suburban Public Schools
— Jan. 2004
Violence Perpetration Across Peer and Partner Relationships: Co-Occurrence and Longitudinal Patterns Among Adolescents
— Jan. 2004
Bullying in Schools Pervasive, Disruptive and Serious
— Dec. 2003
Children in Foster Homes: How Are They Faring?
— Dec. 2003
Juvenile Arrests 2001
— Dec. 2003
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Early Childhood Home Visitation
— Oct. 2003
Behaviors of Children Who Are Exposed and Not Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
— Sep. 2003
Longitudinal Effect of Intimate Partner Abuse on High-Risk Behavior Among Adolescents
— Sep. 2003
Violence in the Lives of Children
— Aug. 2003
How Children Are Doing: The Mismatch Between Public Perception and Statistical Reality
— July 2003
Bullies, Victims at Risk for Violence and Other Problem Behaviors
— Apr. 2003
Prevalence and Development of Child Delinquency
— Mar. 2003
Source of Firearms Used by Students in School-Associated Violent Deaths
— Mar. 2003
Treatment, Services, and Intervention Programs for Child Delinquents
— Mar. 2003
Demographic, Intrinsic, and Extrinsic Factors Associated with Weapon Carrying at School
— Jan. 2003
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2003
— 2003
Psychiatric Disorders Common Among Detained Youth
— Dec. 2002
Youth Who "Age Out" of Foster Care: Troubled Lives, Troubling Prospects
— Dec. 2002
Building a Better Teenager: A Summary of "What Works" in Adolescent Development
— Nov. 2002
SAMHSA Unveils Data on Youth Violence
— Nov. 2002
Behavioral Correlates of Television Viewing in Primary School Children Evaluated by the Child Behavior Checklist
— Sep. 2002
Drug and Alcohol Treatment in Juvenile Correctional Facilities
— May 2002
The Multiple Dimensions of Child Abuse and Neglect: New Insights into an Old Problem
— May 2002
Teen Court Could Be Promising Alternative to Traditional Juvenile Justice System
— Apr. 2002
Children of Current and Former Welfare Recipients: Similarly at Risk
— Mar. 2002
The Rise and Fall of American Youth Violence: 1980 to 2000
— Mar. 2002
The Well-Being of Children Involved with the Child Welfare System: A National Overview
— Jan. 2002
Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2002
— 2002
Early Precursors of Gang Membership: A Study of Seattle Youth
— Dec. 2001
Homicides of Children and Youth
— Oct. 2001
Nation's Schools Experience Drop in Crime and Victimization
— Oct. 2001
Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Bullying
— June 2001
School Violence: Prevalence, Fears, and Prevention
— 2001
Stopping Violence Before it Starts
— 2001
Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
— 2001
Youth Violence in Urban Communities
— May 2000
When School is Out
— Fall 1999
Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence
— Feb. 1999
Youth Violence: A Public-Health Problem with Disturbing Correlates
— 1998
Diverting Children From a Life of Crime: What Are the Costs and Benefits?
— May 1996
Can the Military Help Prevent Drug Use Among Youth?
— 1994
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